Good morning mamas,
We are thinking of switching over to Vonage for our phone service from Comcast, which is about double the rates of Vonage. Has anybody used, or currently using Vonage? What do you think?Good, bad, indifferent, or otherwise...
THank you
We've been using vonage for about 10 years ---free international calling, with lots of family living abroad.
I love it. No complaints here. I even get emails sent with transcribed voice messages. Not always the best, but it's nice to know when someone has called.
Remember, though, the DSL line costs are separate.
FYI - if you get vonage ..... 911 calls will not automatically pinpoint your address like a local line is capable of doing. Make sure you have local police and fire on speed dial and if you need to call them you will need to provide your address. Only a problem if your emergency prevents you from talking. By law Emergency responders have to respond to all calls from a local line - even if they don't hear anyone on the other end. But if they can't find you ... your on your own. That's something that is not commonly known.
Love vonage. Never had any probs so far, except when our internet in down sometimes and we can't use our phone too. Well.. that's not vonage's fault though.
I do not have experience with Vonage, but I do use another VOIP company. It is all dependent on your Internet service. If you have a good (high bandwidth) connection, you will likely have a positive vonage experience. There are minimums (i don't know off hand what they are)and you can check your speeds at various websites. I definitely like the cost savings, but I have had one dropped call during the past year and a couple with static. For me, it was worth the money savings.
Loved vonage the 6 yrs we had them. We found another company that is just as good for $5 a month. We made the switch to this new company over 2 yrs ago and love them equally.
My parents had it for about 6 months before cancelling it. Horrible sound quality, it was always muffled or garbled.
