VoIP Generated $21 Billion In Just Six Months > At least with VOIP there are choices ...

At least with VOIP there are choices ...

so what are our favorite inexpensive reliable voip providers?

reply to pandora
This is really proof IP protocol phone companies are making money. Even copper plants moving to IP-based routing will save money. Then there are the full-fledged cable and telcos operating on dedicated VOIP not the whims of the Net. Those are the ones seeing the cash. As they get cheaper and more flexible, the little players will cease to exist.

Most people aren't techs so they want lower price and KISS, Keep it Simple Stupid, VOIP. Install a phone modem and it works. No QOS tinkering or tinkering with the computer's settings to make it work. People want the plug-n-play VOIP the cable outfits in the USA are offering.

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reply to cameronsfx
I agree with you about KISS, but in my area Comcast wants $40 a month for digital voice. IMO that is too much, and too close to the cost of a POTS line. Even Vonage isn't inexpensive (anymore), but at least they offer international calling (if you need it).

I've used Future-Nine and Ooma and been happy with both. I like the competition and various business models, at least VOIP is free to experiment (for a while) with different business structures.
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reply to jgkolt
Phonepower. Only 14.95 a month with a two year contract (18.03 with taxes). Unlimited US & Canada. Cloned 2nd line (I use mine for my AIO with fax). Put that with my 2 year contract with Charter for 29.99 a month for 5 meg service and I get phone and internet for 48.02 a month for 2 years. Awesome. Oh and I've been with phonepower for over a year without any problems.

reply to pandora
My thing has always been I want to get phone service from a company I know and trust. As much as I loathe Verizon at least I know tomorrow morning when I wake up I'll have phone service, the chances of Verizon going belly up is zilch. No way in hell am I going to get phone service from some rinky dink operation that I never heard of that may not be around next week. I do not trust any of these ubercheap small VoIP providers, if their prices are too good to be true, you know they can't be making money and then you have a SunRocket all over again.

Only thing I'll leave Verizon POTS for is Time Warner Digital Phone. It may be slightly more than real VoIP, but I'd rather pay more to have the peace of mind knowing Time Warner is not going out of business anytime soon either. And plus there's the whole 911 thing. No amount of savings, no matter the unlikelihood of something not working right is worth a potential life. It's either Verizon POTS or TW Digital Phone for me, nothing else will ever be a consideration.

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reply to Steve Mehs
If I have some problem with my VOIP line, I have a cell phone. We have e911 support with our voip line, too.

I look at my PhonePower VOIP service as a very attractive and inexpensive alternative to dumping landline service altogether.

There was a minor earthquake here a while back. My voip line worked better than the landlines. Why? Because my CallVantage VOIP terminated in Georgia, bypassing the clogged California exchanges!

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