Why is the business plan cost so much more?

Posts: 1 · New Forum Member Joined: Jun 01, 2008 Posts: 1

Anyone know why the business plan costs so much more than the personal plan?

Do you get a bunch of other stuff with the business plan or something?

Posts: 602 · Vonage Forum Evangelist Joined: Jun 08, 2007 Posts: 602

Same reason everone else charges more for a business line, expected heavier usage.

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

Also you get a fax line with it.

Posts: 1147 · Member of the Week Joined: Feb 28, 2005 Posts: 1147

I think both of the reasons are accurate. There is no question that the business line will be busier. But in terms of getting any additional perks, the only perk is getting a 2nd fax line.

Posts: 602 · Vonage Forum Evangelist Joined: Jun 08, 2007 Posts: 602

mundy5 wrote:

I think both of the reasons are accurate. There is no question that the business line will be busier. But in terms of getting any additional perks, the only perk is getting a 2nd fax line.

That is true.

Same for the POTS providers and the cable companies. They charge more for a business line, and if you choose a residential account and put a heavy number of calls on it by using it for business, you are likely to be disconnected , no matter the provider.

If you are using the line for a home office, I would think the residential line would be fine.

Posts: 173 · Vonage Forum Master Joined: Dec 06, 2006 Posts: 173

All true, together with the expectation of the service providers that, if you're going to be making money with their lines, they want a piece of the action.

Posts: 183 · Vonage Forum Master Joined: Dec 18, 2005 Posts: 183

Yeah, on the personal plan, with unlimited minutes you're really not a profitable customer after like 1500 minutes (might be more now). They expect that on an unlimited business plan you'll use well more than that.