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Vonage >>>>did vonage replace your old land line?
Yes, well, sorta.
>>>>did Vonage replace your old land line?
Yes, well, sorta.
I left landlines several years ago when Bell South wanted $75 to move my landline from one city to an adjoining town, into a rented house that was already wired for telephone and had had service previously. Even had dial tone.
I told them I was not willing to pay yet another $75 (I move often) and the woman on the line said "well, what are you going to do? We're the phone company." I hung up and called AT&T Cellular who overnighted me a cell phone at their expense, and the rest, as they say, is history. Saved me a chunk of money, but Vonage was a lot cheaper, so my Vonage line DID replace my Cell phone. ;)
>>>If so what is your overall experice been with Vonage.
Vonage itself - top notch. Never had a serious problem with the phone line. Few issues here and there with caller ID and a few other odds and ends, but nothing serious.
The router they provided, not so great. But I spend a couple months' savings on a real router to put in front of the Vonage router, and Life Is Good. Not ideal, certainly not what I expected to have to do, but I've still saved a large wad of cash.
>>>Would you recommend someone to get rid of their land line and go with just Vonage.
As long as you are willing and able to put up with the compromises of Voip. The biggies are:
E911 is still not fully deployed and requires a lot more setup than 911. I have an old cell phone that can also dial 911 in a pinch, so I have a backup plan.
You need Internet to run your Vonage line, which probably means you need power. SOMETIMES, a landline will work during a power outage (of course, sometimes, your internet connection will be up while your telco connection is toast, too, but the Vonage line is more complex and depends on more bits to be working in your house).
If you can live with that, then Vonage is probably for you. If real 911 and/or separation from your Internet connection is of paramount importance to you (if you have an ISP that provides poor service, etc), then you're probably better off sticking with a landline and spending the extra money.
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• did vonage replace your old land line?
If so what is your overall experice
• it really depends on the quality of your internet connection. In my case, with
• In my case,Vonage did replace my land line. I was ready to pull the plug anyway because
• I replaced my land line with Vonage and have been very happy overall. However,
• The portability of Vonage is perhaps the best selling point, in my opinion. Being
• E911 does not work with cell phones. The cell site (if set up) gives a location within
• Really?
and
I guess it just depends on where you live and who
• Thanks for the info. Maybe SprintPCS will become completely E911 soon in my area.
• I did some research on E911 a little while ago when I was considering giving up the
NateHoy posted ">>>>did vonage replace your old land line?
Yes, well, sorta." on 04/06/2006 |
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