| How many telephone lines do you have in your household Just rehashing as I figure out if I'm keeping a voip line or not. Excluding the cell phones (which is another debate), when I'm at home I tend to prefer to use the handsets for making calls...
With that said, we have always had a regular telco landline in the house and that is not going to change. During the Northeast blackout, out landlines were up.
I've previously had Vonage for 6+ years prior to switching to CV. With the demise of CV, I've started looking at alternatives I would consider.
Vonage - Tried calling them and after taxes, I would rather go with Optimum Voice at a similar pricepoint monthly.
I don't even really use the *features* such as follow me, etc . We moreso use the VOIP line as a 2nd line in the household with dialtone.
At the cost of at least $20+ a month, I'm probably going to try to swing it and see how well we do with the landline in the household....
In these economic times, while voice quality has always taken precedence in my decision on choosing a VOIP carrier. But as I look at the minimum monthly recurring pricepoint for that, I think I may be saving/spending LESS if I just stick with just a pots lines only and a competative LD/Regional carrier.
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tpalik
join:2002-09-27
Redmond, WA | We had Vonage from 2003-2007 then switched to CV because of concerns over the financial health of Vonage. Haven't had POTS since 2003. Here are the reasons I would NOT choose POTS for my main service :
- lack of remote voicemail notification.
- calling plans that include calls to Canada and very competitive rates to international destinations
- call filtering or treatments to deal with telemarketers
Regarding disaster recovery, we have a UPS to deal with minor blackouts up to about 90 minutes. During hurricane Wilma, we lost service but POTS & mobile was offline too. |
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pandoraPremium
join:2001-06-01
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If you don't mind another suggestion. I've been migrating from other VOIP to Ooma.
Currently my monthly AT&T landline bill is $32 plus taxes and fees. After the taxes and fees are added, it is $45. My problem with landlines is the taxes and fees.
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"People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use." |
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| My landline is CHEAP and don't ask me why cause I don't know. Generally in NYC, after taxes, without usage, it's around $29.
Our landline is around $15 monthly, and this is probably with a couple of sparse local calling (less than 30 local calls) .
In the day and age, most people reach us by cell anyhow ---so going to my needs, we stricly use VOIP for dialtone as a 2nd line. |
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tpalik
join:2002-09-27
Redmond, WA | In South Florida we can get bare-bones POTS for $13.58 coming to ~$21 with taxes. This has no CLID, LD, or Voicemail though.
If I could get something for about $10 with pay-per-use I would go for it as a backup. I just order the Linksys SPA3102 so this would have been perfect. |
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