Anyone use Vonage?

[jaxfam6]

Originally Posted by AmazingGrace

what is magicjack for those of us who are unlearned? LOL

I think it makes your car levitate without touching it.

[Ron]

Originally Posted by AmazingGrace

what is magicjack for those of us who are unlearned? LOL

http://www.magicjack.com/6/index.asp

[helen_febus]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

My roomie ordered Vonage before consulting me the resident geek. He had it for a while now uninstalled because the modem is in my room and I told him he needed to ask Vonage for a solution to have a cordless phone connected in the OTHER rooms....

Vonage was unhelpful but I came up with a solution. We went out and bought a base phone with an additional handset. I connected the base and voila...the other hand set was ready to go and make and receive calls over the internet.

Another new solution I might get for myself is called Magicjack...it is about 20 bucks a year for unlimited calling throughout the US and canada through your internet. And I like it since there is no dumb modem to connect. You just connect a little USB device to your PC that is connected to the Net and plug in a phone. That's it
http://www.magicjack.com/6/index.asp

We ordered magicjack about 6 days ago, it is supposed to here by Wednesday morning. I will let you know how we like it.
However, about the 30 day free trail; I was told it would be 30 days before the cost of the magicjack which is $39.95 would be placed on my card. Well, the next morning I checked my online banking and there it was, already a charge for the magicjack to my account. If you don't like it they might let you send it back within the 30 days but the promise that it won't hit your card for 30 days is a lie. Also, of course you are charged a S&H charge and then told if you want the product sooner just pay $3.95 more than the usual S&H and you will receive the product within 3 to 5 days. I paid the extra money but still haven't received my order, Wednesday will be the 6th day and according to tracking I should receive the magicjack. I sure hope so.

We have a friend in OH who has the magicjack and he is well pleased with it.

Oh, I almost forgot to mention, since the magicjack is connected by a USB port instead of straight to the modem, that means your computer has to be on for you to make or receive calls. If you turn off your computer your calls will go to your voice mail which comes with magicjack; and you can just return the calls later.

God Bless All,

Sister Helen Febus

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by helen_febus

We ordered magicjack about 6 days ago, it is supposed to here by Wednesday morning. I will let you know how we like it.
However, about the 30 day free trail; I was told it would be 30 days before the cost of the magicjack which is $39.95 would be placed on my card. Well, the next morning I checked my online banking and there it was, already a charge for the magicjack to my account. If you don't like it they might let you send it back within the 30 days but the promise that it won't hit your card for 30 days is a lie. Also, of course you are charged a S&H charge and then told if you want the product sooner just pay $3.95 more than the usual S&H and you will receive the product within 3 to 5 days. I paid the extra money but still haven't received my order, Wednesday will be the 6th day and according to tracking I should receive the magicjack. I sure hope so.

We have a friend in OH who has the magicjack and he is well pleased with it.

Oh, I almost forgot to mention, since the magicjack is connected by a USB port instead of straight to the modem, that means your computer has to be on for you to make or receive calls. If you turn off your computer your calls will go to your voice mail which comes with magicjack; and you can just return the calls later.

God Bless All,

Sister Helen Febus

See if you can go into hibernation mode or system standby and it still work

[rgcraig]

I've had Vonage for a couple years and it works fine for me.

The only thing I don't like about it is when it's storming and Comcast goes out - I have no phone, but other than that - it works great. When I moved I was able to keep my original phone number and that was pretty cool.

[bethola]

Originally Posted by Joie

Nooooooo to Vonage at our house. Our neighbors and children had to call us long distance. The neighbor lived one street over. My husband office also had to call and fax long distance.

The communication w/ Vonage was impossible. We changed numbers three times. When we changed to no long distance which should have been local, they charged us for calls...

Maybe they have improved????? Or perhaps it was our area??? Hey, when we cut it off, all of a sudden we were bombarded w/ communication. No more Vonage for us.

My friend had the same problem. However, when she TRIED (and I emphasize that word) to d/c the service....it took THREE MONTHS! YIKES!

Beth

[Baron1710]

We had Vonage for about a year but when we moved we cancelled it, we have our home phone through Comcast which is a flat fee for the cable, internet, and phone and no long distance charges. My daughter is about the only one that uses the home phone because the rest of us use our cell phones, which my daughter keeps lobbying for but is consistently shot down.

[Monkeyman]

We use carrier pigeons, but if we get too hungry, we have to use Native Drum beating

[jaxfam6]

Originally Posted by Monkeyman

We use carrier pigeons, but if we get too hungry, we have to use Native Drum beating

please tell me it is not the same type of drumming as Will Smith did in Wild Wild West. Might have to attend your funeral if so.

[Cindy]

Originally Posted by jaxfam6

please tell me it is not the same type of drumming as Will Smith did in Wild Wild West. Might have to attend your funeral if so.

I think MM has more rhythm.........