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Review by nrf See Profile

  • Location: Morrow, Warren, OH, USA
  • Cost: $17 per month
  • Install: about 7 days
land-line voice quality, reliable, service flexibility
web site slow and disorganized but does contain most of what you need, piecemeal ordering process
OK! not sure if they care anymore
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f9 is still doing it for me, my needs have changed over time. I use my pap2t for outgoing calls from my fax machine and send incoming calls to google voice. This allows me to keep my 'vanity phone number' even though I don't need any phones to be ringing from spammers.

my only complaint at this point is about the "support" aspect: I don't get emails that my balance is low (I do check my spam folder, that is not it...), and support via email is "nobody home". They have no problem accepting my money or performing the service, so a mixed bag.

their web site continues to be one of the slowest sites I encounter on the www.

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former qwest
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join:2014-01-04
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former qwest

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you must not have visited the VOiP forum for a while...

»[Other] Is future-nine down (again)?

Review by rsriram22 See Profile

  • Location: Lexington, Fayette, KY, USA
  • Cost: $5 per month
  • Install: about 30 days
send my phone number as CID to 911
none so far
value for money.
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update dec 8 2022: NOT a satisfactory update (have downgraded the ratings appropriately)-

1) looks like the certificate has exporired on F9 website.

2) Home page shows incorrect balance for my account. Sent a message through 'Contact support' on this issue and NO response back so far. Its almost been more than couple of days now.

update jul 8 2014: no issues/complaints. still going strong with F9. if F9 could provide an address book feature which could be used for incoming CNAM, that would be great.

update Nov 23 2013: no issues/complaints. still going strong with F9. i know the famous 'dont fix if it aint broken' saying, but sprucing up the website a liitle bit would help.

update May 28 2013: no issues/complaints. everything is good so far!

took about 30 days to port my number, but it is not F9's fault as it usually takes that long atleast for my number from my past porting experience. been happy so far (3+ weeks). they support setting the phone number in my account as CID when 911 calls are made (helps with smart911.com).

no complaints so far...

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VexorgTR
join:2012-08-27
Sheffield Lake, OH

VexorgTR

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F9 is better than you'd think.

With that ugly messy Freeswitch page (Like CallWithUs) uses... it's easy to overlook F9 as one of those "Guy in a garage" businesses. It's not bad... and they can actually port some numbers that the automated tool doesn't specify can be done.

With a good face lift to the site, I think F9 would be a bigger player.

former qwest
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join:2014-01-04
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former qwest

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first, it's not 2022 yet...

and future nine's demise is well known in »VOIP Tech Chat. maybe pay more visits than 385 in fifteen years?
rsriram22
join:2006-08-14
Lexington, KY

rsriram22

Member

Re: first, it's not 2022 yet...

so are they out of business now? How do I get my number out of them then?

and yeah, the number was working just ok so I didnt have to visit these forums that often.

Trying to search for posts on the tech chat forum, about my options but did not find any. could you possible point me some post where I can find out what my next steps could be to get away from F9? (esp. in porting out the number).. Thanks!

former qwest
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former qwest

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Re: first, it's not 2022 yet...

from last Oct, i'm not digging further back than that. »[Other] Is future-nine down (again)?

Davesworld
join:2007-10-30
Thermal, CA

Davesworld to rsriram22

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to rsriram22
said by rsriram22:

so are they out of business now? How do I get my number out of them then?

and yeah, the number was working just ok so I didnt have to visit these forums that often.

Trying to search for posts on the tech chat forum, about my options but did not find any. could you possible point me some post where I can find out what my next steps could be to get away from F9? (esp. in porting out the number).. Thanks!

The only thing I can tell you is that when I ported my number out, they were unaware of it and I had to tell them to take it off of my account but it wouldn't have made any difference, Nitzan was still around though.
bugabuga
join:2004-06-10
Austin, TX

bugabuga

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Re: first, it's not 2022 yet...

Question -- how exactly did you port it out? (as in, what did you specify for port out PIN etc). I'm trying to figure out how to port my number to something more reliable

Davesworld
join:2007-10-30
Thermal, CA

Davesworld

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Re: first, it's not 2022 yet...

said by bugabuga:

Question -- how exactly did you port it out? (as in, what did you specify for port out PIN etc). I'm trying to figure out how to port my number to something more reliable

I ported to Anveo Direct, I'm sure they just used 0000 as the pin.

Review by marinelahusi See Profile

  • Location: Toronto, ON, Canada
  • Cost: $5 per month
  • Install: about 41 days
Nobody answers and got charged for no phone number requested and never provided
I wonder if this company is still in business
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I enrolled on June 17, 2020 and requested a Canadian phone number. I was told there is a $5 setup up charge and then a $5/mo after number is provided. I immediately got charged $5.
On July 23, 2020 I got an email that I will be charged $5 per month, I NEVER RECEIVED ANY PHONE NUMBER.
In the last month I sent over 10 messages, through my online account, through their support email, to Nitzan Kon, F9”s CEO.

NEVER RECEIVED ANY REPLY WHATSOEVER as of today, July 28th, 2020.

Since I paid via PayPal, it looks like I am going to lose my $15. This is really bad.

Marinela

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former qwest
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former qwest

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a lot of Future 9 news here

of course, you'll have to scroll to find it (the site's search function hasn't been working well for awhile). »VOIP Tech Chat
PX_Eliezer8
join:2014-11-13
Ho-Ho-Kus NJ

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PX_Eliezer8

Member

Re: a lot of Future 9 news here

Yet she gave it 100 percent score for Value.
marinelahusi
join:2020-07-28
Toronto, ON

marinelahusi

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Scroll it where?

Click for full size
There is no number anywhere. My ex husband is using this service for the last 10 years and he is very happy with it. I enrolled hoping to get a Toronto number based on his recommendation and excellent price (aka as value).
Obviously at the end of this debacle, where I hope that the delays are just because of current pandemic situation, if I don’t get anything for my $15 dollars after 3 months of trying, I will change the rating.
Also, if you want to help is great, thank you, just don’t be vague. My ex is helping me and I think that after 10 years of service setting over 15 VOIP SIP numbers all over the world knows what he is doing when he tells me there is no number provided anywhere on the site (see attached).
I would like the idea he is wrong and there is actually a phone number someplace hidden on admin F9 site.

Be safe and be nice......Marinela
PX_Eliezer8
join:2014-11-13
Ho-Ho-Kus NJ

PX_Eliezer8

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Re: Scroll it where?

said by marinelahusi:

My ex is helping me and I think that after 10 years of service setting over 15 VOIP SIP numbers all over the world knows what he is doing when he tells me there is no number provided anywhere on the site (see attached).
I would like the idea he is wrong and there is actually a phone number someplace hidden on admin F9 site.

Another person's earlier reference to scrolling was NOT in relation to finding a support number for F9.

Rather it was a reference to the VoIP Tech Chat forum on DSL Reports---and DSL Reports is THIS website you are on right now---the VoIP Tech Chat forum has NUMEROUS posts relating to problems at F9 dating back years.

The point of scrolling was to find some of the posts.

By the way F9's owner Nitzan previously posted in the Voip Tech Chat forum and often would resolve problems in the forum, but he has not logged in for more than 27 weeks.

But here, I will save you some work, please read these posts:
»Re: [Future9] Is Future9 Down again?

Sorry to say, I think your ex-husband maybe should be giving you better advice.
Rockchuck
Legacy Qwest PFL
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join:2010-05-26
Boulder, CO

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Rockchuck

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F9 Circling Toward F0

marinelahusi:
"Since I paid via PayPal, it looks like I am going to lose my $15."
So, file a dispute with PayPal...don't delay. If F9 fails to comply -- or even reply -- PayPal eventually should refund your payment(s).

»www.paypal.com/us/webapp ··· disputes

I sent F9 a request a week ago via the customer portal to cease billing a DID (phone number) I'd ported away but have received no reply. VoIP continues to function, but clearly, F9 appears to have become a zombie firm.

Review by micronta See Profile

  • Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • Cost: $5 per month (month by month)
  • Install: about 2 days
Cheap but that's about it
Often long distance would tell me they can't hear well, that's why I'm cancelling
Don't sign up with Future Nine as there is no way to call them, they outright ignore your emails or through account email
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I've used this company for 8 years. They did respond to my emails a few years back, but customer service is NOT AVAILABLE when I tried emailing them or using the contact though my signed in account contact. Do not sign up with Future Nine, as they just simply outright ignore their customers. Something is wrong when a customer has to use this forum to try to reach out to the company or approach social media to get a reply. I just checked my email and can prove that I emailed them on Sept 24 2017 thru email and thru my login account contact icon. No word. again tried Oct 12, still nothing.... I also have been checking my spam too, nothing. I usually don't post a review but took the time to sign up here to warn others, they will just ignore their customers when it's not to their benefit, ie. closing of an account. If you are signing up with Future Nine please think twice as you'll feel hopeless as there's no number to call and they don't care about customer service. I speculate they want me to rack up more monthly fees as they take their sweet time to close the account and make me liable to pay for more monthly fees. Is that right or fair? So in summary, if you don't want to be treated like nothing as they did with me, don't even deal with these people. How many times do you have to call these people to get any answers. I will post to say that they have contacted me if they do. But question is when?? Sure this is cheap but trust me not worth it for the call quality nor aggravation when you try to reach out to them. You will regret it as I did. I spent a lot of time online looking for places to put reviews, links for resolution. Contact your BBB if you're having the same issue as me. As you see here they have quite a few complaints. Like others they email numerous times and one person even sent a letter out to them.

»www.bbb.org/dallas/busin ··· mplaints

Edit:

So on Oct 24th, the day after I made this posting. I finally got an email saying my account has been closed and thanked me for being a customer.

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Stewart
join:2005-07-13

Stewart

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Quality issues; cancellation

It's possible that the quality issues you are experiencing (outgoing voice broken but incoming ok) are unrelated to F9.

If your internet service upload speed is much lower than download, other traffic may easily saturate the line and cause outbound voice packets to be dropped or excessively delayed. You might be unaware of the traffic if it is a background process (cloud backup, Dropbox, file sharing, etc.) or unwanted (malware, neighbor leeching off unsecured Wi-Fi).

Also, if you're using a cordless phone and the base station is very close to your Wi-Fi router, there could be interference.

With these kinds of troubles, a new VoIP provider won't perform any better.

If you still suspect an F9 issue, you might see if an alternate route performs better to your destination; see »www.future-nine.com/faq/ ··· ean.html .

Do you have an incoming number with F9? If so and you want to keep the number with your new provider, it's important to port it before canceling service with F9; otherwise you might lose the number.
catrachos
join:2018-01-25
Rockville, MD

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Re: Quality issues; cancellation

I'll add to this. I've been a future-nine customer, more than 10 years. I had quality of service issues for first couple years with cable, but none at all after I switched to fiber-optic. QOS been as satisfactory to me as the old land line service. As far as customer service goes, you get what you pay for. I've always gotten a response to my emails when I request information or help, within a day or less. If you want fancy customer service, stick with more expensive providers, and you'll get charged for it, one way or another.

The Lynksys and Cisco boxes have worked just fine. I've had less satisfactory results using other brands on Future-Nine. Not all brands have instructions, and it may just be that I didn't know how to configure them correctly. It's never taken me a day to configure the service as indicated on this review. Typically an hour or less to configure and test. But I'm a little on the tech-y side. Get a tech-y friend if you need help. They're useful to have around.

One thing I like about Future-nine is that I never get all the add-on fees that other providers love to pack into the bills and there is no creeping (and creepy) increasing cost of service. Same boring $5 each month for my service level ever since I signed up; same boring 1c/minute for outgoing calls on my premium plan. So, accounting for inflation, the cost has decreased over 10 years. Very rarely for some reason I haven't teased out, a call goes to a country code instead of the corresponding US area code, but I only get charged for the minimum time interval, and so rare I don't worry about it.

So for me, 10+ years on, web-site 4-5, reliability 5, ease of installation 3-4 (you normally have to configure the adapter yourself, but carefully following instructions on the web site always works for me), call quality 5, tech-support 4-5 when I need it (yea, no phone service, but no voice jail either!), value for the money 5. This service is just fine for those who don't need much hand-holding, especially for the bring and configure your own adapter types (although you can buy a pre-configured adapter from them as well, I've always gone to Amazon for my adapters, used the web instructions to configure them for my own and others use). I could see that people who want someone to talk to might not like the email-only customer service.

Oh yea, I am really, really happy about black-listing number feature that was added. There has been an uptick of spam calls in the last year or two. Just noted future-nine added this feature. I'll report back how well it works, as I just started using in the past few weeks!
nitzan
Premium Member
join:2008-02-27

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nitzan

Premium Member

Fixed.

I emailed you directly, but please note your account has been closed and phone number cancelled.

Also please note we do not bill below $0 on cancelled accounts, and when we process the cancellation we refund charges retroactively to the date you requested to cancel - there is no possibility to keep accumulating charges. I am sorry it made you feel this way but please note this was not the intention!

Review by Cyberian75 See Profile

  • Location: Beaverton, Washington, OR, USA
  • Cost Contract price not specified.
Great rates and quality
Slow customer support
Only for advanced users
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Before paying for the service, read their terms of service first at »www.future-nine.com/term ··· ice.html

Especially...

12. Contract and Cancellation - Customer is free to cancel any time. Customer understands that there is a $15 administrative fee to cancel. Any remaining balance in the account beyond the admin fee will be refunded in full, minus any applicable and necessary deductions, such as (but not limited to) payment for services already rendered. Customer also understands that due to the UNLIMITED nature of FNC's monthly plans, FNC cannot refund the charges made for those services, and under no circumstances will be required to do so.

13. Money Back Guarantee - FNC does not provide a money back guarantee. All cancellations are subject to a $15 cancellation fee at FNC's discretion. Yearly plans will be pro-rated at the monthly rate and unused portion refunded. Monthly plans will not be pro-rated, and only remaining unused credit refunded. Pay-as-you-go plans will have unused credit balance refunded. The $15 fee will be deducted from the amount to be refunded. If credit balance is below $15 no refund will be given.

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PX Eliezer0
join:2017-01-15
Ho Ho Kus, NJ

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PX Eliezer0

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FutureNine did a good thing.

Nitzan at FutureNine [did] refund $14 out of your $15 balance.

»[Future9] Cancellation / Refund

I think that should be mentioned in the review.

As well, perhaps "value for money" deserves better than a 50 percent score.
Cyberian75
join:2004-03-16
Beaverton, OR

1 recommendation

Cyberian75

Member

Re: FutureNine did a good thing.

said by PX Eliezer0:

As well, perhaps "value for money" deserves better than a 50 percent score.

I'd agree in my case, but it'd be different for others.

Review by EarloftheWes See Profile

  • Location: Sherwood, Washington, OR, USA
  • Cost: $12 per month
  • Install: about 2 days
Call Quality. Customer Service.
Generic Website and Interface.
Been a customer for 8 years! Would do it again.
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Update: 2016 08 12

Still using Future Nine. It'll be 8 years in a few months.

Phone quality is great. No complaints!

Update:2014 01 30

Still using Future Nine. Been using Future Nine since October of 2008.

Update:2011 10 20

I just renewed my Future Nine subscription for my fifth year.

I believe that I haven't had any issues with the system for the past year.

I have a voip.ms account that I rarely use. I notice that with my voip.ms account, there seems to be some voice latency. None that I can detect with Future Nine.

If you're looking for a VOIP service, this is the one!

Update: 2011 10 16

I just renewed by Future Nine subscription for my fourth year. It's hard to believe that I've been using it for 3 years already.

I've had a few issues over the past few years like not being able to call some numbers or callers not being able to call me.

Technical support has been very, very good. They are very responsive when I have issues.

I had to purchase a new PAP2T-NA last month because mine died. I should probably buy a spare at some point.

Cheers.

Update:

I've been using Future Nine for about 1.5 years. The service has been very good. I had a few hiccups about 6 weeks ago but those issues seem to be fixed.

Still a valued customer.

From my initial post:

For years I've been using Comcast's phone service without much issue. I wanted to save money on my phone bill so I ordered a MagicJack. I acquired an old computer from my Brother-in-Law and dedicated it to MagicJack. The call quality was ok. But it didn't work all the time. Worst of all, it didn't have inbound Caller ID with name - a feature that to my wife was a deal killer. So MagicJack goes back.

A few weeks went by and I was at my friends' house and we were discussing technology and he said that he used Vonage and was happy with it and very happy with the price savings. I had tried Vonage in the past and it was ok. I liked Comcast's call quality better so I sent Vonage back as well. I still wanted to save money so I read the reviews of VoIP providers on BBR and Future-Nine had good reviews. I read many of the posts by Future-Nine employees to find out what type of service they provide. I was happy with what I saw so I took the plunge.

On September 22, 2008, I ordered a Linksys PAP2 from Future-Nine's website. On the 26th of September it arrived. I plugged it in and it started working. I made a few outbound calls and the call quality was acceptable. In my opinion it's not as good as Comcast's but acceptable for the amount of money I'll be saving. I wonder if Router and ATA affect call quality. It was as good or better than my friends Vonage phone so I decided to keep it.

I requested my existing Comcast number be ported to Future-Nine on the 27th of September. Future-Nine made the request to them on the same day and new we're waiting for Comcast to release it.

For now, we're only making outbound calls until the port is complete.

My wife is happy with the call quality of outbound calls and I'm very happy with the money I'll be saving. I'll be paying for my next month via a yearly contract which will reduce my monthly amount even more.

The biggest headache has been getting the ATA to function correctly. I've had some delay issues. I've had to reset and play with the settings to get it working in an acceptable manner. See my other posts if you're really interested.

I would have ordered a PAP2T from buy.com. It's the newest version available whereas the one from Future-Nine was the previous version. That's probably the only change I would make. (I like newer versions.) When I replace the PAP2 that I have, I'll probably spend between $100-200 and get a really nice one because I think it will provide me better sound quality - yes, it would be an experiment and it might not make a difference at all.

Today, Future-Nine's website is very generic. The signup process is not automatic (meaning, you can't just select what you want and the system sets everything up) and the purchasing of minutes and the site telling you what plan you are on are not what one would be used to. But, put your money into their system, tell the owner what you want and he'll get it ready and configured the way you want - and in a quick amount of time.

Other users have talked about the scalability issue of the service being so dependent upon manual processing of requests. The owner knows of these concerns and is working to improve the user experience.

If you are a technical person and don't need things tied up with a pretty bow, plow ahead. If you aren't that technical and like to pay for extras like a pretty website you may want to sign up for another provider. But, you'll pay more and at the end of the day, the service will be just as good if not better from Future-Nine. And besides, once you get it up and running, how often are you really going to want to go to their website anyway?

I'm looking forward to e911 availability. I'll post updates as time goes along.

17 October 2008

Porting of my Comcast number to Future-Nine took place on Thursday. The phone was down for about 6 hours during the process.

Interestingly, other Comcast users who dial my phone number actually ring the Comcast line. It looks like Comcast has to tell it's system that my former Comcast number is really a former number.

I'm still amazed at the great customer service that this company offers. They get an A+ in my book.

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Review by jpp86 See Profile

  • Location: undisclosed location
  • Cost: $5 per month
Price
You get what you pay
good for backup service, not for a family that needs it work normally
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It is a great VOIP service for a price ($5/month) while it works. Goes down too often - at least I consider it too often. Customer Service is good if you can reach the support. Best bet is to message here at DSLReport.
Recently moved number out from F9 to Anveo (Obi plan).

Wanted to support small business, however service interruptions were a deal killer.

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Review by gbh2o See Profile

  • Location: Longs, Horry, SC, USA
  • Cost: $11 per month
  • Install: about 1 days
STILL Reliable, redundant, high quality service and VALUE!
STILL doesn't let me set outgoing CID on-the-fly! ;-) But CheapVoipInc lets me!
STILL more reliable than many Big-Name residential VoIP providers
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20160119 - UPDATE - No reason to change any previous comment. Nitzan keeps providing me reliable services for a reasonable price.

20150812 - UPDATE - Nitzan continues to provide _reliable_ DIDs and termination for me through the Future-Nine brand (primarily residential) as well as through the CheapVoipInc brand (for the more serious, experienced user and BYOD/PBX type user.)

20150522 - UPDATE - See below! It all still applies. Please note that they're one of the good-guys that will continue to survive because they offer great service and reliable value. Affiliated CheapVoipInc is also reliable and works well for me to most of the U.S.A., east of the Rockies while providing the additional flexibility of setting my outbound caller info.

20141027 - UPDATE - See below! It all still applies. Please note that they're one of the good-guys that will continue to survive because they offer great service and reliable value.

20140828 - UPDATE - See comments below since they still apply. In fact, I am moving more DIDs to F9. Something that is increasingly very important to me is the ability in my account to easily specify simultaneous destinations and/or a series of destinations in the ring sequence priority I choose. That is a feature not available, or readily avalaible, with many of the other providers monitored here at DSL Reports. It is a _no-extra-charge_ feature included in the Future-Nine scheme of good things. And it works well! I use F9's White or Premium routes to ensure reliable, quality termination. Have I mentioned GREAT VALUE?

20140215 - UPDATE - FutureNine remaines one of my most reliable providers. CheapVoipInc is also reliable and works well for me to most of the U.S.A., east of the Rockies.

20130327 - UPDATE - Future Nine is still providing _reliable_ services at reasonable (great VALUE) prices. And CheapVoipInc is a home-run for those of us that run our own PBX systems.

20121117 UPDATE - A real pleasure to use. And with the new spin-off CheapVoipInc, my above 'Bad' comment doesn't even apply! Wow, what _VALUE_! [And still one of my most _reliable_ VoSPs]

20120522 UPDATE - Nothing new to report except continued reliability for peanuts in cost.

20111209 UPDATE - Multiple accounts just chugging along, daily providing me (and mine) solid service and value.

20110604 - STILL one of my MOST RELIABLE providers of high voice quality service. A great value VoSP!

20110131 - The service, reliability and value is still great! I think one very nice. and important feature, is the ability to set multiple prioritized destinations (SIP and PSTN) for each DID (inbound phone number). It provides a solid fail-over progression no matter what mistakes I make on my systems!

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20101112 - Multiple accounts working just fine. Still impressing my very persnickety Mother.

20100221 - I believe that Future-Nine is THE best value, full-service, residential VoSP available to the home user today. I caveat that with the dreadful assumption that the user has done proper due diligence, and has basic understanding of what to expect with VoIP services.. I base that opinion on the reliability of the network, and the overall cost structure offered. F9 passes the test with flying colors for my 90 year old Mother who says the call quality is great! And, that is not the case with all of my other providers, so she has a dedicated F9 account now.



20091101 - It is hard to imagine that this 'small' company is actually one of my most reliable VoSPs, but it is! Nitzan Kon continues his methodical build out of his service, carefully implementing well-planned features. Everything seems oriented to enhancing reliability first, while continuing to improve services available. There is absolutely nothing 'cheap' about Future-Nine, but there sure is some of the best value for the money with this company!

ORIGINAL REVIEW:

How do I describe the services I receive from Future-Nine (I'll use F9 for short)? GREAT! I use F9 services a little differently than the way most subscribers do. I am an asterisk user and therefore tend to require somewhat different features from the typical user looking for plug-it-in-and-forget-it residential services. I am also a left-over beta tester, who was impressed with the quality and commitment to service, that I stayed on (perhaps somewhat as a thorn in Nitzan's hide ?!). Their stated intent is to serve the single family, residential market, and their products are tailored to that end.

F9 is also a great source of good quality DIDs for most parts of the country ( I don't have any experience with F9 international numbers). Most U.S.A. DIDs come with at least 3000 inbound minutes included which can make them a bargain for heavier users. In country outbound service at only $.01/minute also makes them a bargain, as long as you do not need to set your own CID by the call. Unfortunately, F9 does not meet _my_ requirements there, so I basically can only use F9 outbound for my own home extensions! For the _vast majority_ of people, this should not be a problem!

I disagree with F9 advertising as being a "Cheap VoIP Provider", although much of that has to do with differing connotations of the word 'cheap' around the world. Nitzan Kon has proven to be anything but cheap in his careful build-out of his system to provide _reliable_, _quality_ services economically! He has carefully built a geographically distributed network of servers to provide both excellent response times as well as redundancy of hardware and isolation from disruption at a single physical location. He continually is developing upgraded features to further enhance the _value_ of his services for his customers.



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Davesworld
join:2007-10-30
Thermal, CA

Davesworld

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Passes Mom Test

It passes the Mom test whereas the others didn't if I understand you correctly. I'm happy that she has all her faculties intact at her age and can enjoy phoning people.
gbh2o
join:2000-12-18
Longs, SC

gbh2o

Member

Re: Passes Mom Test

It is great that she is still as mentally sharp as ever and enjoys remaining in contact with friends and family! F9 call quality and overall system availability/reliability have indeed been better than any of my other recent 'full-service' (stand-alone) residential VoSPs. F9 has proven a better service provider for her, with her ISP and location.

I will admit to having other high quality, high reliability providers, but they are mostly cut and paste/BYOD companies from whom I buy DIDs/inbound and termination services that I use with my asterisk boxes. I also use VOIPo services, but they have actually had more outages and problem routes than I have had with F9 for her.

Review by JeanInNepean See Profile

  • Location: Nepean, ON, Canada
  • Cost: $5 per month (3 month contract)
  • Install: about 1 days
Very low cost for "unlimited" service, good call quality
Few features, sometimes unreliable
Pretty decent for 5$/month
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I got F9's future-5 plan a year ago for a tenant. For 5$/month, this is saving me a bundle. Call quality is always very good. Calls never got dropped. A few calls don't make it through from time to time (congestion?), especially to the 418 area code. It doesn't happens often, and my tenant has access to a back up service plan when this happens. So it's not really an issue. The few times I opened a ticket, their support staff was pretty responsive and quickly fixed the issues.

The service is lacking a few features many other providers have: IVRs, black lists, etc. The limited feature set helps make the web interface clean and simple. Setting up my account was super easy.

member for 11.5 years, 2173 visits, last login: 1.4 years ago
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nitzan
Premium Member
join:2008-02-27

nitzan

Premium Member

Thank you for the review.

We are working on a blacklist feature currently. IVR I'm not sure about but we'll see in the future. I'll post when more details are available.
crupxot
join:2015-08-21

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Review by hwittenb See Profile

  • Location: Moraga, Contra Costa, CA, USA
  • Cost: $8 per month
Excellent call quality quality, low cost
Web page needs some work
Good Value

Future Nine is a little voip gem.

member for 20.2 years, 5748 visits, last login: 1.9 years ago
updated 8.9 years ago