 Review by n1zuk 
UPDATED: 1.3 years ago
member for 6.8 years, 2483 visits, last login: a few hours ago
 South Burlington,Chittenden,VT
 $26 per month (12 month contract)
 about 10 days
 "No initial fee, Easy setup, Low cost (Int'l too), reliable"
 "Poor website, Low sound quality, Caller ID w/name still unreliable"
 "So far, So good. It's done what I asked of it."
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Update 04-27-2007
Well, I'm past the one year mark, and my DTA-310 is in a box on the floor.
Between the mid-line pricing, and less than stellar sound quality, I've cancelled my Packet8 service, and moved to a competitor. The lower cost per month, combined with a much improved sound quality, made ditching Packet8 a no brainer.
I never realized how much better my calls could sound until I made the switch. I've already have had several unsolicited remarks on the improvement from people I've spoken to.
Update 04-19-2006:
As I said before: "So far, so good."
After all of the recent updates, everything is still working as expected, with minimal down time. The updates went fairly problem free, as it was a major firmware update. The problem I noticed (echo) after the initial firmware was updated now seems to be resolved with this latest version (14.17).
So the good news is, it's a telephone, and it works.
For the bad news, the price went up another $1.99 (E911 Service Fee). The website still is lacking for a communications company this size. They did add a users forum website, but the website design there is worse than the code they use on their business site.
I originally purchased service from Packet8 for the large number of international calls we make. I've since moved those calls to another service. As we use local service sparingly, I can see a provider change in my future unless Packet8 gets on the ball, and brings the services they offer (like CID w/name) up to the level of the other providers out there.
From all I've read, so far, so good.
I was locking to cut my POTS/LD cost, as well as find a better quality and lower cost solution for my LD calling to Eastern Europe. The cost is much lower, and with a bit of "adjusting", the voice quality is as good or better than any of the LD calling card services I've used to telephone out of the country. My only complaint about the sound quality is it seems to take a few seconds for the voice signal to stabilize once connected.
The 11-digit dialing is APITA, and I do miss the Caller-ID with Name, but someday (which may or may not come, I know) these features may be resolved.
The website looks like it was built by a community college Frontpage 101 class.
But Packet8 does what I ask of it. After all, it is just a telephone service... ;-p
Followup comments:  Sonofabeech
join:2006-04-25
Joplin, MO
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