[AccessD] Vonage

$15/month sounds great, but what about setup fees or equipment
expenses?  What's the "out the door" price look like?

-Christopher-

---- Original Message ----
From: JColby at dispec.com
To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com, 
Subject: RE: [AccessD] Vonage
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 15:05:07 -0500

>I received the phonemodem last night.  Plugged it in (behind my 
>router for
>those interested), waited 5 minutes, then picked up the receiver and 
>made a
>call.  Extremely easy to set up.  
>
>The sound so far is crystal clear, no clicks / pops or echoes.  I 
>have a
>brand new ATT 2ghz cordless phone system which I plugged in to it.  
>I can't
>tell the difference between this and the landline.  
>
>I haven't done any heavy duty uploads / downloads though I will be 
>doing
>some testing in the next few days.  
>
>I went with the $15 / month package for 500 total minutes - local 
>and long
>distance, with anything after that billed at $.039 / minute.  If my 
>useage
>averages more than 500 minutes I'll move up to the $25 package with
>unlimited local and 500 long distance minutes.  Given my useage 
>patterns I
>may very well end up with a $15 / month phone including long 
>distance.
>
>So far so good.
>
>John W. Colby
>The database guy
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: John W. Colby [mailto:jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com]
>Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 5:19 PM
>To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
>Subject: RE: [AccessD] Vonage
>
>
>My blazing fast internet recently went up 50% to $45 / month.  The 
>cable
>company wants $35 / month for unlimited phone / long distance so I 
>could
>just get it through them, but I thought I'd give Vonage a try.  
>Vonage has
>$15, $25 and $35 packages which allows me to try it for cheap and 
>see if it
>really works before turning off the land line.
>
>John W. Colby
>www.ColbyConsulting.com
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Francisco H
>Tapia
>Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 2:27 PM
>To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
>Subject: Re: [AccessD] Vonage
>
>
>Price sounds good, but if you are using DSL it's not really like 
>you're
>saving much.. :(
>
>Verizon = 29.00
>DSL     = 35.00
>---------------
>          64.00
>
>plus the vonage price? :S, I can't get rid of verizon as they are my
>telco. the only thing that would make sense is to switch to cable 
>then
>it's just the price of the cable bill plus vonage.
>
>
>--
>-Francisco
>
>
>augusta wrote:
>
>>I signed up a few weeks ago. It may or may not have wrecked just a 
>bit
>>of havoc on my (fairly complicated) network. But overall I love it! 
> The
>>only bummer is that you always have to dial the 1+area code . . . 
>(But I
>>hear some in NJ are doing that already). Great price!
>>
>>
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-
>>>bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John W. Colby
>>>Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 9:53 PM
>>>To: AccessD
>>>Subject: [AccessD] Vonage
>>>
>>>Is anyone using this?  Comments?
>>>
>>>http://www.vonage.com
>>>
>>>John W. Colby
>>>www.ColbyConsulting.com
>>>
>>>
>
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