[TriLUG] Of Topic: Best VOIP options

Chris Bullock cgbullock at yahoo.com
Mon Aug 27 16:25:55 EDT 2007


I would be careful with the one time fee.  I just got burned by sunrocket,
used their service then they offered the pay for 12 monthes and get 3 free
deal.  After 1 month the company shut its doors with my money and no way
to contact them, other than that the service and quality was great.
Chris
--- "Kevin J." <mrkevinj at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Not sure how they can do that for $20/yr. but it seems cheap enough to
> try out. This company (http://www.ooma.com/) just came out with a
> (one-time) $400 device with no further charges ever. It uses P2P between
> other Ooma devices to send calls and can terminate calls over the PTSN
> (not sure how they accomplish this and details are scant). Supposedly it
> was started by the guy who created Skype.
> 
> I used to use Lingo, but their call quality wasn't all that great. Using
> the cable companies service now which is better, but too expensive at
> $40/mo. (after the intro price offer we're on now).
> 
> Kevin
> 
> It's not a bug, it's a *feature*!
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: stan briggs <stanbriggs at gmail.com>
> To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion <trilug at trilug.org>
> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 2:27:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Of Topic: Best VOIP options
> 
> along these lines has anyone experienced 'magicjack'
> (www.JagicJack.com)?
> clark howard seems to like them.
> 
> On 8/27/07, Patrick Brewer <patwbrewer at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > What are the best VOIP options for personal use?  Best being some
> fuzzy
> > combination of price and reliability.  I figure TRILUG members  will
> know if
> > anyone in RTP does. :-)
> >
> >
> > Patrick
> >
> >
> >
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