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Verizon Voicewing Terminating ALL Service Effective March 31

here's the replacement: »www.multichannel.com/article/162···Play.php

reply to lstevens
Just called to cancel effective immediately. No early termination fee, they're crediting my card for the partial month, and you have a choice-- keep the adapter, or they'll send a box for you to mail it back to them. Hmmm, decisions, decisions..... I'll take door #1, Monty.

reply to lstevens
What is happening to the phone numbers?

Porting or snorting?

porting

I just got the letter as well. Who runs Voicewing for VZ? I thought they just used some other provider.

What happens to my $15 that they have for international calling?

They sent out a real classless letter. I guess they had to disguise the fact that they were really saying get lost, up yours, have a nice day, don't let the door hit you on the way out.

reply to scoosdad
My letter says they don't want the adapter back.

reply to bgraham

No, I'm referring to the parallels between the Standard Oil breakup of 1911, and the Bell System breakup of 1984.

The US Government forced the breakup of Standard Oil in 1911. It's hard for us today to imagine how the companies under the Standard Oil trust (started by John D. Rockefeller) so dominated America.

The breakup resembles the 1984 Bell System breakup because regional companies (Baby Standards, like Baby Bells) were created.

Hence, Standard Oil of New Jersey (S.O. thus: Esso) which after many changes became Exxon. Standard Oil Company of New York (SOCONY) which became Mobil. Indiana Standard evolved into Amoco/American. And so forth.

The "Baby Standards" kept merging and merging. Just as the Baby Bells merged back as well into Verizon and a reborn AT&T.

When Exxon and Mobil merged, it was a combining of the New Jersey and New York franchises from the former Standard Oil.

When Bell Atlantic and NYNEX merged to form Verizon, it was a combining of the New Jersey and New York franchises from the former Bell System.

Yes, folks, I know that's greatly simplified.

References for finding out in more detail:

»www.us-highways.com/sohist.htm

»www.us-highways.com/sohist1911.htm

»www.us-highways.com/sohist1941.htm

»www.porticus.org/bell/bell.htm

»www.porticus.org/bell/bellsystem···ory.html

reply to bgraham

I have 3 of them for sale cheap

reply to lstevens
I'll be interested in hearing what you guys do for an alternate source. We've been using Voicewing for a few years and were happy with the service. We don't use a "landline" much anymore but it's nice to give that number to companies and businesses so I'm not bothered on my cell.

I'd really like to hear if there's a way to adapt the PAP2 to Skype or something.

What is VOIPo?

reply to P J Whoopie
Since they are going out of business..I can't imagine them being so nasty as to not give the unlock password? What would the advantage be?

reply to lstevens
Are the Verizon devices factory locked or unlocked? i.e. would a simple reset unlock them?

If it's easily unlockable, I wouldn't mind buying devices in good condition to pass on to our customers from folks who don't want/need their device anymore.

reply to Stryker412
I thought I was the only person here using Voicewing. I chose it about 2 or 3 years ago, thinking that all the others would come and go but VZ would be there forever. Boy, was I wrong. . I have not looked around much at other providers and I must say that Voicewing has been flawless since I have used it. My only complaint is that you cannot turn off their answering service. It was not needed by us and my own answer machine beeps if I have a message, I don't have to keep picking up the phone to find out if I have a message.

I did have then turn down the volume on one line, the volume was so loud a regular phone sounded like a speaker phone.

I might try VOIPo on one line next week as a trial. They seem to get good reviews. If it works I will save some money over VZ anyway.

reply to nitzan