Reviews:
 ·RoadRunner Cable
 ·ViaTalk
| reply to ddrant
Re: [General] Help me choose a new cheaper VOIP provider One thing to watch for in prepaid deals is can you keep getting it. $199 for two years is good but when terms up $199 for 1 year not so good.
I have seen Voipo offer requiring specials to its current subscriber base don't think I have seen any with Phonepower. (They may offer them just haven't seen it.) |
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neftv
join:2000-10-01
Broomall, PA | reply to Arne Bolen
sorry double. |
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neftv
join:2000-10-01
Broomall, PA Reviews:
·SIP Global Phone
·QuantumVoice
 ·Verizon FiOS
| reply to Arne Bolen
Corporately Anveo is in PA but I was wondering if the only SIP server is located in TX? Not that 20-25 ms more in ping time to Anveo is meaningful just that providers I have used before and now seem closer but I just curious. |
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 Arne BolenHappy Anveo customerPremium
join:2009-06-21
Planet Earth
kudos:1
·Anveo
·Callcentric
·voip.ms
| said by neftv:Corporately Anveo is in PA but I was wondering if the only SIP server is located in TX? Not that 20-25 ms more in ping time to Anveo is meaningful just that providers I have used before and now seem closer but I just curious.
Anveo have POPs (Points of Presence) in Texas, Canada and Germany (EU).
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Main provider: Anveo - Secondary providers: VoIP.ms, Callcentric, Localphone and Rebtel
Hosted PBX: PBXes.org - Phone: Gigaset S685IP |
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gweidenh
join:2002-05-18
Houston, TX
kudos:1 | said by Arne Bolen:Anveo have POPs (Points of Presence) in Texas, Canada and Germany (EU).
I wish more internet companies (not just VoIP) shared this data and made it accessible to potential new clients.
When picking a VoIP service, or any service that requires low latency connections (Google Apps for Domains for example), I want to be able to know where my connection will be routed.
Living in Houston, I get very good latency to Dallas, so any company that has a POP in Dallas would be tops on my list. However, more times than not, this data is not available, or not available until you are already a customer, which is too late to make an informed decision. |
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nonymousPremium
join:2003-09-08
Glendale, AZ Reviews:
·Callcentric
| reply to dcurrey
said by dcurrey:You got to love that talking calleried with Panasonic phones.
Old time pana my wife likes that feature very much. |
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ddrant
join:2010-03-02
Womelsdorf, PA | reply to dcurrey
said by dcurrey:One thing to watch for in prepaid deals is can you keep getting it. $199 for two years is good but when terms up $199 for 1 year not so good.
I have seen Voipo offer requiring specials to its current subscriber base don't think I have seen any with Phonepower. (They may offer them just haven't seen it.)
Good point.....didn't think of that. Any 2+ year PhonePower users out there? |
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Arne BolenHappy Anveo customerPremium
join:2009-06-21
Planet Earth
kudos:1 Reviews:
·Anveo
·Callcentric
·voip.ms
| reply to gweidenh
said by gweidenh:I wish more internet companies (not just VoIP) shared this data and made it accessible to potential new clients.
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Living in Houston, I get very good latency to Dallas, so any company that has a POP in Dallas would be tops on my list. However, more times than not, this data is not available, or not available until you are already a customer, which is too late to make an informed decision.
Anveo Rapid Voice Delivery Network is no secret and it can be viewed without having an account. It clearly shows that Anveo have POPs in Dallas, Montreal and Nuremberg.
Voip.ms also show their server locations without the need of having an account.
BTW. One good thing with Anveo is that you don't need to change server if the server you are connected to is down. You probably never will notice if a POP is down.
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Main provider: Anveo - Secondary providers: VoIP.ms, Callcentric, Localphone and Rebtel
Hosted PBX: PBXes.org - Phone: Gigaset S685IP |
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 christcorpPremium
join:2001-05-21
Cheyenne, WY
kudos:1 | reply to DogFace05
said by DogFace05:Mike, welcome back to the forum! Haven't seen you around this neck of the woods in years. Hope everything is alright with you.
Hey Dog. Glad to be back around. Good to see you, doc, dc, Mike, and the others still posting. It's been a crazy year. Nothing really bad, just really busy. I did spend a few weeks in and out of the country. But we've been busy with my son who's a senior getting ready to graduate from the U.S. Air Force Academy. My wife's folks have been having health/hospital issues. And of course, back in october a water pipe burst in our house and flooded out our entire downstairs. LOL!!! Kept me offline for a while. Been a busy year. Probably won't be on as much as I use to, but I'll try to poke in more often. later... mike... |
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nitzanPremium,VIP
join:2008-02-27
kudos:2 | reply to PX Eliezer
said by PX Eliezer:There is also FutureNine, though (?) they may not have the call blocking. But very good value. We are working on this. (and yes I know I've been saying this forever - I'll step down on the pedal...)
Read reviews before you decide. Best place to start: »/gbu/ |
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Reviews:
·VOIPo
| reply to ddrant
Very happy Voipo user. Comments about their web interface are somewhat valid but not a big deal. For the most part, set it and forget it is the rule. I did the 2 year for one deal a year ago and they have made it available to both new and customers like me to renew since and I will try to take advantage again before my current plan run out. |
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gweidenh
join:2002-05-18
Houston, TX
kudos:1 | reply to Arne Bolen
said by Arne Bolen:said by gweidenh:I wish more internet companies (not just VoIP) shared this data and made it accessible to potential new clients.
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Living in Houston, I get very good latency to Dallas, so any company that has a POP in Dallas would be tops on my list. However, more times than not, this data is not available, or not available until you are already a customer, which is too late to make an informed decision.
Anveo Rapid Voice Delivery Network is no secret and it can be viewed without having an account. It clearly shows that Anveo have POPs in Dallas, Montreal and Nuremberg. Voip.ms also show their server locations without the need of having an account. BTW. One good thing with Anveo is that you don't need to change server if the server you are connected to is down. You probably never will notice if a POP is down. Thank you for illustrating my point. Very few providers share this information. Additionally, without a direct link, Anveo does not make navigation to their network page easy. I still cannot find how to navigate to that page and Ive been to the Anveo site many times. |
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Arne BolenHappy Anveo customerPremium
join:2009-06-21
Planet Earth
kudos:1 Reviews:
·Anveo
·Callcentric
·voip.ms
| said by gweidenh:Thank you for illustrating my point. Very few providers share this information.
At least the good providers do share this information. 
said by gweidenh:Additionally, without a direct link, Anveo does not make navigation to their network page easy. I still cannot find how to navigate to that page and Ive been to the Anveo site many times.
It's easy. Just go to Company, About at the bottom left. That was the first page I viewed when I discovered Anveo.
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Main provider: Anveo - Secondary providers: VoIP.ms, Callcentric, Localphone and Rebtel
Hosted PBX: PBXes.org - Phone: Gigaset S685IP |
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PX EliezerPremium
join:2008-08-09
Hutt River
kudos:12 Reviews:
·voip.ms
·callwithus
·Callcentric
·Vitelity VOIP
·Optimum Voice
·Gizmo5
| reply to gweidenh
said by gweidenh: Additionally, without a direct link, Anveo does not make navigation to their network page easy. I still cannot find how to navigate to that page and Ive been to the Anveo site many times.
Link:
»www.anveo.com/network.asp
Just Google for [Anveo network] and it will be the first hit.
I hardly ever make bookmarks or remember links anymore. I just Google to connect. |
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gweidenh
join:2002-05-18
Houston, TX
kudos:1 | hindsight is 20/20. |
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ddrant
join:2010-03-02
Womelsdorf, PA | reply to ddrant
I might get flogged for even considering this.....but would MagicJack Plus be an option now that they port phone #'s? Or is the service level not good enough to consider?
Figure maybe I could do a two phone number setup with both the Obi110 running Google Voice and the MagicJack Plus device plugged into the landline phone jack of the Obi.
If the control panel for the Voipo consumer service is the same as their reseller trial website:
»voipo.com/help/article/demo-cont···103.html
I can see why it's got a reputation for not being polished. |
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PX EliezerPremium
join:2008-08-09
Hutt River
kudos:12 Reviews:
·voip.ms
·callwithus
·Callcentric
·Vitelity VOIP
·Optimum Voice
·Gizmo5
| You live in a somewhat rural area where the local incumbent telco in the old days was GTE, not Bell of Pennsylvania.
MagicJack sometimes has issues connecting to rural areas and/or to places served by independent telcos.
In fact, Pennsylvania has a huge number of independent incumbent telcos....such as Hickory, Yukon Waltz, The North-Eastern Pennsylvania Telephone Company, and many others.
Just to be aware of.
Here's a 40 page thread on this issue:
»HELP- Magic Jack can't call local ISP area code |
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Bink
join:2006-05-14
Denver, CO
kudos:4 | reply to ddrant
Yes, it’s very similar to this with, perhaps, a few more features. |
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ddrant
join:2010-03-02
Womelsdorf, PA | reply to PX Eliezer
said by PX Eliezer:You live in a somewhat rural area where the local incumbent telco in the old days was GTE, not Bell of Pennsylvania.
Thanks for the heads up....guess I can't win....I do live in an old GTE area. I had Verizon local POTS and DSL when I lived in nearby Reading, then when I bought the house and moved my cheap $15 local Verizon phone service turned into a $30+ local phone service and no DSL just because I moved to an "old GTE" service area. Silly me thinking Verizon would be Verizon....that's where I dropped them and went VOIP over six years ago. |
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