ip phones?
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I dropped my land line more than 7 years ago and have been using various voip services but soon settled on voip.ms and have been with them for over 5 years. I am not going back to a land line.
I get to use whatever phone I have on hand but only needed to purchase and setup a SIP adapter which was pretty easy to do. The service isn't for everyone since with them the user is responsible for both purchasing and setting up the SIP adapter and tailoring the many available service features themselves via an online web interface. The list of available features is extensive and cost $0 extra.
As long as you have a stable internet connection and do some research, voip is IMHO the way to go. Let me put this into a financial perspective. If I load up my line with $25, it's a pay as you go service, that amount can last between 3 and 3 1/2 months of moderate use long distance included. Not too mention all the features I have at my disposal without having to pay extra to activate them.
**Forgot to add that yes you can keep your present phone number. Just have it ported before you drop your present service.**
I get to use whatever phone I have on hand but only needed to purchase and setup a SIP adapter which was pretty easy to do. The service isn't for everyone since with them the user is responsible for both purchasing and setting up the SIP adapter and tailoring the many available service features themselves via an online web interface. The list of available features is extensive and cost $0 extra.
As long as you have a stable internet connection and do some research, voip is IMHO the way to go. Let me put this into a financial perspective. If I load up my line with $25, it's a pay as you go service, that amount can last between 3 and 3 1/2 months of moderate use long distance included. Not too mention all the features I have at my disposal without having to pay extra to activate them.
**Forgot to add that yes you can keep your present phone number. Just have it ported before you drop your present service.**
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From what I heard yes they are worth it, long distance rates are way smaller than with regular service providers. As for keeping your number you make a port out request. The company that you go to, will make that number port request for you.
Absolutely. We use Ooma and find it to be excellent.
I'm also with voip.ms. I did waste a bit of time at the beginning to set-up the line and the hardware, but it's working like a charm now for 2 years! I honestly pay around 25$ per year from which 12$ is the monthly fee.
I kept my number and the port was really easy.
+1, no issues to report here.
The base station goes on sale for $99 regularly and if you buy a year of Premier service, the number port is included.
Runs about $3/month for E911+tax (in Ontario at least). $10/month for Premier, which gives you a secondary phone number/line too.
I use voip.ms aswell, cisco/linksys spa112 for most lines (going to a PBX) but also have a few SIP phones.
Android also has a build in sip client so you can use it on your cell phone/tablet - tho my experience with Telus is that calls over data have a lot of latency I'm not sure if there is some anti-qos going on with voip traffic.
Android also has a build in sip client so you can use it on your cell phone/tablet - tho my experience with Telus is that calls over data have a lot of latency I'm not sure if there is some anti-qos going on with voip traffic.
Always seemed to have issues with VOIP call quality. Not all the time, but enough to dislike it. Cell only, why have 2 bills for the same service.
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