Do you use internet telephone?
By mrrtomatoe
@mrrtomatoe (800)
Canada
June 23, 2007 9:33pm CST
I have a traditional telephone line and I was wondering if anyone had internet telephone like vonage. What is the service like and do you have any regrets about switching telephone companies? Thanks is advance for your advice.
4 responses
@cynddvs (2948)
• United States
24 Jun 07
We used to use a voip service called Lightyear Alliance. It was great when it worked and it was really cheap. But the problem is it was always going out on us. We kept the service for a little over a year. Just a couple of weeks ago we finally had it and cancelled our service. We just went back to a regular old landline with AT&T.
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@moudas (259)
• India
24 Jun 07
Yes I use Internet Telephone i.e VOIP service.
These days people are hearing a lot about VOIP phone services, especially the leading service provider, Vonage. Voice Over IP is a way to route telephone calls over the Internet, which makes it much less expensive. You don't have to worry about the technical details at all, but essentially sending data over a packet networks consumes a lot less resources and is therefore cheaper than using a switched network like traditional telephone companies use. The main requirement for using VOIP phone service is to have a broadband Internet connection, such as DSL or cable.I like it too much.
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@lloydanthony111 (4698)
• United States
25 Jun 07
I have a free service called Skype that allows you to talk to anyone in the world who also subscribe to the service.
I find it amazing to instantly talk to some of my business associates in places as far away as Austrailia.
All you need is a cheap microphone. I bought a $11 one from K-Mart and it works just fine.
Lloyd
@sharonercastillo (888)
• Philippines
24 Jun 07
no i dont have but like to try one. i posted a response so i can easily came back to this discussion and read others comments and advise. good day!
