[ale] covad VoIP down...

[Geoffrey]

Michael B. Trausch wrote:
> Christopher Fowler wrote:
> 
>> I've lived in Buford since 1999.  Not one outage on POTs.  I'm not
>> against VOIP.  I'm against VOIP as a primary means of communication.   I
>>
> 
> I sort-of agree with that argument.  I looked into VoIP as a primary 
> means of communication with my home service, and am using it as such, 
> but not without backup, because at present, I have no redundancy setup.

I agree with having the redundancy.  For me, having 3 cell phones in the 
house is enough redundancy for me.

I don't have experiences with other voip providers, but Vonage makes it 
very easy.  You can forward calls to another number if your vonage line 
is unavailable.  You have voicemail which can also send you an email 
when you have a message.  I have Vonage send these messages to my cell 
phone, so if you leave me a message, I know it anywhere I'm at. 
Further, I've got my modem set up such that any time I get a call, the 
caller id info is sent to my cell phone as well.  Talk about redundancy. 
  Now this is all for my work #.

I will be going that route with my home number as well.  I just wish I 
could get bare copper, but it's not available yet.  Still, with 
Bellsucks cheapest landline, I can still save money by going with a 
vonage line for my home phone, so I'll be going that route shortly 
anyway.  With all the addons (callerid...) to my current landline, I'm 
paying around $54/month.  That's with no LD.  I can go with the $17 
BellSuck solution (about $20 after all the misc. charges) and $14.99 
($16.94 after misc. charges) that's saving me almost $20 a month, and I 
get 500 anywhere minutes which includes LD.

I've exceeded my current 500 minutes on my business line once and I use 
it to make all my LD calls.  For another $10 a month I can get unlimited 
calling to the US.  I'm still saving money over Bellsuck then.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

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