Buying 2 Vonage lines and giving one to a friend. How?

Posts: 7 · New Forum Member Joined: Oct 07, 2007 Posts: 7

I read on Vonages website this: 'If you buy two Vonage lines and give one to someone, you can stay in touch for free. Vonage to Vonage Calls are always free, so they never count towards any Vonage rated monthly phone plan.' http://www.vonage.co.uk/features.php?feature=subscriber_to_subscriber

Are they saying I should buy 2 Vonage boxes or are they saying I buy an additional line that I can give to someone. If the latter how do I do that?

Thanks
Karl

Posts: 63 · Full Forum Member Joined: Jun 07, 2007 Posts: 63

this means that if your friend has an active vonage line and also you, you can call each other for free.its an in-network calling.even though your friend is not in the US but still he/she has the phone adapter and has an active line, and most important, the vonage box is hooked up to the internet you can make and receive calls from each other. HOW?..if you already have an acct. you can just buy another device from a retail store and have it activated to your acct., and then add another line for your friend,which is a cheaper and convenient way than opening another acct..plus the additional line has no activation fee and no disconnection fee.and its one month free..you can activate your new device through the vonage website or just simply call the vonage hotline so that they can guide you in how to do it

Posts: 7 · New Forum Member Joined: Oct 07, 2007 Posts: 7

Hi kumakuma,

Many thanks for clarifying. I think I'll buy another box and give to my friend in the USA.

Thanks
Karl

Posts: 63 · Full Forum Member Joined: Jun 07, 2007 Posts: 63

no problem KARL..just make sure to check on the MAC address of the new box you will buy from a retail store,let them check it through the website so that you will not have problems when you register it to your acct..it might belong to someone who has a disconnected acct and worse has a balance on their acct...then call vonage hotline and add another line..

Posts: 1225 · Vonage Forum **MVM** Joined: Nov 08, 2006 Posts: 1225

If the box wasn't open before you shouldn't have any problems with the Mac address.

Posts: 7 · New Forum Member Joined: Sep 19, 2007 Posts: 7

Beds wrote:

I read on Vonages website this: 'If you buy two Vonage lines and give one to someone, you can stay in touch for free. Vonage to Vonage Calls are always free, so they never count towards any Vonage rated monthly phone plan.' http://www.vonage.co.uk/features.php?feature=subscriber_to_subscriber

Are they saying I should buy 2 Vonage boxes or are they saying I buy an additional line that I can give to someone. If the latter how do I do that?

Thanks
Karl

You don't need to buy 2 Vonage units. You just subscribe to one account with a number local to your existing phone and send the unit to your friend to be installed at his broadband connection (could be anywhere). You can call him at no charge since his number is local while he can call anybody in the Vonage calling plan, unlimited. If you need to call numbers other than your friend's in that location, you can hook up a gateway like the DialMate CM2000 (see www.woodtel.com) to bridge the Vonage line to the PSTN at your friend's location and then get a dialtone there.