Review by Lenagainster 
UPDATED: 152 days ago
member for 4.8 years, 1404 visits, last login: a few hours ago
 Silver Spring,Montgomery,MD
 $16 per month (month by month)
 about 7 days
 "Total Control over your phone"
 "none"
 "Excellent value"
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Update 6/21/09 Just an update regarding the update of 5/28. Ever since I set a static IP address for the TA, the service has been perfect. Not a glitch.
Update 5/28/09 Had an issue where I would not get a dial tone the first time I attempted to make a call, but after hanging up and trying again, I'd get the dial tone. Also noticed that occasionally the person I was calling would hear silence during part of the conversation. Did a search on the VP website and found comments where the dial tone issue could be caused by dynamic IP addressing and one should set a static IP address for the TA. Made the switch to static IP addressing and so far, no dial tone problems and no lost conversations. Still pleased with the service and have no intention of lowering my ratings after this minor issue.
Update 4/13/09 One of my pet peeves is telemarketing and even though I am on the Do Not Call List, we still get a few unwanted sales calls, political calls and charity calls every week. Some are exempt and some just violate the law. So for the past two years, when I would get a call from a telemarketer (who never leaves a voicemail message, they just hang up and call back later), I would block their number with a 'not in service' message. I had accumulated 85 filters doing this. I got to the point where it would be easier just to create a filter for each of our friends to allow their call to go through (a White List) and send everyone else to voicemail. Then the pesky telemarketers could not ring our phone.
So I made a spreadsheet of our relatives and friends who are most likely to call, and once I had their phone numbers in the proper format (1xxxxxxxxxx), it was an easy process to copy and paste the new numbers into the existing filters and change the action from 'not in service' to 'always ring'. Then I created a filter to send everyone (else) to voicemail.
What a pleasant change. Whenever the phone rings, no need to check the Caller ID to be sure it is someone we want to talk to. No more telemarketers!
When I do get a voicemail, VP sends me an email with the number of the caller on it. If I miss one of our friends/relatives, it is an easy matter to add their number to the White List. I finally feel that this phone service, that I pay for, is mine, and mine alone, and doesn't belong to the general public to call whenever they feel like it.
I have read about other VoIPs with even more elaborate White List capabilities, even basing actions on the time of day. (I think my scheme with VP defeats the Scheduled Do Not Disturb). But none of them allow so much for the mere $15.89 that I pay for the Local Plan. What a deal!
Update 4/5/09 Over two years of exceptional service.
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