Re: voip

Thanks, I don't currently have a US land line. And my Italian # is 
temporary. So Their international plan. Looks good to me. We are big users 
of international calling and currently use calling cards on a cell phone. 
So for me its a good deal.
George
At 05:14 AM 3/14/2005, you wrote:

>At 01:30 PM 3/13/2005 +0100, Jim Oksvold wrote:
> >> Broadvoice probably is the best deal, $25/mo for unlimited calling to 35
> >> countries (most of Europe).  They also let you plug it into something
> >> like Asterisk, and provide you with CNAM (callerID).  Also you can get
> >> an UK number for an extra $2/mo if you want something for people on the
> >> other side of the pond to dial into.
> >>
> >> http://www.broadvoice.com/
>
>I just look at Broadvoice and while they do have the best deal at $10/month
>for unlimited in-state calling, they currently do not support number
>portability.  This means I would not be able to transfer my landline phone
>number to their service.  One review I saw also mentioned this and said the
>E911 features were not complete.  If they could do number portability, I
>could get rid of a ~$30/month basic+caller ID plan that is currently on the
>line, replacing it with the Broadvoice $10/month plan.
>
><snip>
>
> > http://www.dualphone.net/
> >Has a wireless phone with USB for Skype AND a normal phone socket.
> >This provides for the connection to an Asterisk server in say a company or
>a dorm.
> >www.asterisk.org
> > "The Olympia Cordless DUALphone is a cordless telephone that can be
>connected to
> >a normal telephone socket and a USB port on a PC.
> >The display shows whether your friends who also use Skype, are online.
> >If they are, you simply have to press the appropriate green button and
> >talk to them for free - no matter where they are in the world"
> >Its a bit pricey at EURO 135,- but for the talkative user ..... :-)
>
>Unfortunately for us in the states, that phone is a DECT phone.  DECT
>phones run in the 1.9 ghz band, and I figure they'd be cause problems with
>PCS services also running at 1.9 ghz.  Maybe if you live in rural America
>nobody'd notice as Sprint certainly doesn't cover outlying areas very well.
>
>Finally, if anyone does a lot of modem calling, they may not want to use a
>VOIP line as modem performance will likely suffer (low connect rates).
>This is both my own opinion and from evidence from several postings on the
>Vonage forums and Google groups.
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