Vonage

[Impious 1,476]

Anybody use it or know anyone who uses it or a like service?

Advantages/Disadvantages?

Just curious. We pay like $45/mo for our current landline. Would be nice to find something cheaper.....

[JimJ 11]

I don't have any experience with Vonage in particular (no broadband service here in NC), but I did a short internship a couple of years ago with a company that did a lot of VoIP services, and it's amazing what the technology can do.

I guess a prime concern would be security - eavesdropping on landline services used to involve tapping a physical connection, now it can be done remotely.

Maybe I'm just being paranoid, but the idea of having my phone use and online activities going through the same, monitorable pipeline just scares me...that being said, it's cheap. I was paying $35'ish a month for phone service in my apartment before I canceled it....

[oldschool4life 0]

I CANNOT STAND THAT COMMERCIAL!!!

However, my understanding is that local services (like 911) is extra...

...I hate to see the day where you actually need help, and you can't reach any.

[JimJ 11]

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=vonag...G=Google+Search

Excellent point...

[Eldorado 0]

I think skype is free but could be wrong...

[Acidburn 10]

my parents tried Vonage a year or 2 ago and we got horrible reception

you could barely hear/understand the other person most of the time