well long distance within US and canada is virtually free, with a fixed rate you get unlimited long distance, plus virtual phone numbers and toll free numbers are extremely cheap, Fraudia check out the links by yankee, i think international rates are similar to long distance phone cards which is still very decent.
with vonage Pakistan is 29c and US/Canada are free. Just realize that to effectively save money you will have to give up your land line and with cell phones thats easily do able (though some people are not comfortable with that idea). Also to add more then one phone to the same number you will have to do the phone line splitting yourself. or you could have them ship you a second router.
I'm using it at home for business purposes, and I agree, for the price, its great. Although there are times i have to repeat myself cause it breaks out a little, but people can usually hear me just fine.
The service I'm using is: www.netinternational.com
Shehzada, this company sells to all countries in the world.
My boss told me that (he owns it).
i was actually more interested in the technological and business point of view, i will be getting into voip very soon career wise, this thing seems to be the new "hip" thing and people are embracing it, but there are still some regulatory issues to take care of, and we'll hopefully see more competetion once major phone companies start this, verizon in states and bell in canada have already signed huge deals with nortel,
munni, i checked out your link and that company uses cisco products for their ip telephony hosting solutions :)
Shehzada,
I dunno about cisco, but I do know that the owner is hiring seasoned senior execs cause he thinks this is going to be huge in the next coming years.
VoIP will face some competition from VoMAN in coming years.
okay usage question..do i still use a phone to dial and receive calls on?
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VoIP will face some competition from VoMAN in coming years.
okay usage question..do i still use a phone to dial and receive calls on?
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Yes, you use your normal house/business phone.
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VoIP will face some competition from VoMAN in coming years.
okay usage question..do i still use a phone to dial and receive calls on?
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thats the first time i am hearing of this.. what is VoMAN ???
Since some of you had asked me before. Its been two months on since I got Vonage and so far I have had minimal problems for the cost.
I, too, got the Vonage service. Other than a few times when I couldn't hear the other party (even though they could hear me) I haven't had that much of a problem. I it got mostly for the times when I travel. This way i wouldn't have to pay any hotel call charges and most of them have free internet connections available. I still have to test out how the reception is over a dialup line. Has anybody tried that yet?
*Just realize that to effectively save money you will have to give up your land line and with cell phones thats easily do able (though some people are not comfortable with that idea). *
I have just one question. Are these VoIP's linked to the emergency system 9-1-1? I know for those who gave up land lines and only use cellphones, this can be an issue in an emergecy.
The phone number can be linked to the nearest 9-11 center (takes about two days) through Vonage. However, if your cable or electricity is out, you wont be able to use it anyways (of course if your regular phone requires electricity, this wont matter anyways).
VoIP Rules!!
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I it got mostly for the times when I travel. This way i wouldn't have to pay any hotel call charges and most of them have free internet connections available.
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Tofi u r smart, to take ur personal phone with you every time you travel, that's what i like about VoIP to take it, work with it where ever you have/get internet access (voice comm. needs just ~24K dedicated Kbps or a steady 40/50 Kbps on the safe side),
""""I still have to test out how the reception is over a dialup line. Has anybody tried that yet?"""
Vonage( Voip) works with Dial up connections pretty good as long your dialup speed is ~30Kbps or above . One of my best friend has tested it recently and sound quality was good.
**[Vonage Works in Pakistan!!] **Check this out, my friend took the vonage box to Pak last month and man i cant describe the feeling when i dialed his east-coast Vonage home # (US #) number and he answered tmy call in Karachi (off course i knew he was online at the time and had setup the box there), we reasonably talked well for some hrs for free. He had a dial up connection in Khi and the only problem was slow dialup speed, which i think a whole lot Pakistani ppl complains about.
Also, i like Vonage's web-based voicemail to listen to phone messages anywhere in the world (unlike ur tradional answering machine which most use ppl use when they get back home). Plus Vonage quickly sends you an email notice about the voicemail.
Re: VoIP Rules!!
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Tofi u r smart, to take ur personal phone with you every time you travel, that's what i like about VoIP to take it, work with it where ever you have/get internet access (voice comm. needs just ~24K dedicated Kbps or a steady 40/50 Kbps on the safe side),
""""I still have to test out how the reception is over a dialup line. Has anybody tried that yet?"""
Vonage( Voip) works with Dial up connections pretty good as long your dialup speed is ~30Kbps or above . One of my best friend has tested it recently and sound quality was good.
**[Vonage Works in Pakistan!!] **Check this out, my friend took the vonage box to Pak last month and man i cant describe the feeling when i dialed his east-coast Vonage home # (US #) number and he answered tmy call in Karachi (off course i knew he was online at the time and had setup the box there), we reasonably talked well for some hrs for free. He had a dial up connection in Khi and the only problem was slow dialup speed, which i think a whole lot Pakistani ppl complains about.
Also, i like Vonage's web-based voicemail to listen to phone messages anywhere in the world (unlike ur tradional answering machine which most use ppl use when they get back home). Plus Vonage quickly sends you an email notice about the voicemail.
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I was thinking of doing that only I didn't find out about vonage till I got back from Karachi in mid Jan.
About the voicemail, u can actually have Vonage forward the actual sound file to an email address, so you don't even have to go to their website for it. Plus the fact that u can forward calls to wherever u are (in case u didn't bring the device with u :)).