Review by DrFillster 
UPDATED: 1.1 years ago
member for 6.7 years, 272 visits, last login: 4 days ago
 Lexington,Fayette,KY
 $10 per month (24 month contract)
 about 2 days
 "cheap; good call quality"
 "wasted my time port forwarding, No tivo"
 "OMG - amazing deal"
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Okay, so I ordered viatalk on 6/20 with their 2 years / $200 deal (really $240 after bs fees).
It processed immediately and Viatalk sent it out that day. The USPS never acknowledged receiving the box but it arrived anyway 2 days later. (This was standard delivery btw).
The linksys PAP2 came with virtually no instructions. So I plugged it into my DI-514 router and... it didn't work. So then I played with port forwarding for an hour and... it didn't work.
So then I did the dreaded and called customer service expecting a 1/2 hour wait. I got connected in about 5 minutes to a knowledgable person (amazing in this day and age). Turns out the linksys adapter's MAC wasn't registered or provisioned or whatever you call it. 5 minutes later, it just works. Quality is very good. I tried it on multiple people and they didn't know I was using VOIP. 7 digit
I've got a 3 week wait on porting my phone number over.
In the end, I'm going to save about $400 a year and have a lot more services. Not perfect but way worth it.
11/28/2006 - Nearly flawless service. Not for the technically incompetent - but if you're on dslreports.com; you'll be glad you did it.
7/22/07 - Occasionally choppy service. But always usable. Wife is just "okay" with the service. TIVO doesn't work.
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