Bullitt
Well-known member
I forgot what VOIP phone provider we started with but it was $99 for the year, unlimited calls US and Canada. They got bought out by Packet8 shortly after and kept rates the same. We dumped the service after 3 years a few months ago and just use cell phones now.
My take on these VOIP's is you get what you pay for. It was very common with both providers to have calls cut out or not be able to make an outgoing call for hours on end. Many times we never even had a dial tone. Other times people would call and the phone wouldn't even ring. Of course the VOIP's blamed it on the internet provider, the internet provider blamed it on the VOIP service. In the end, if you make a lot of long distance calls, this is a good idea. We have some family out of state and it worked out good in that sense.
It was pretty cool, like Tsunami said, how you can log onto the internet and listen to voice messages in MP3 format after receiving an email.
As for the iPhone.... Some friends have it and pay 90 a month for the low end plan and 120 a month for the mid range plan. That would double my cell phone bill. Not worth it, especially in this era of the 'The New Frugality".
Now, since we have a verizon cell and at&t cell, we can call almost anyone for 'free'.
My take on these VOIP's is you get what you pay for. It was very common with both providers to have calls cut out or not be able to make an outgoing call for hours on end. Many times we never even had a dial tone. Other times people would call and the phone wouldn't even ring. Of course the VOIP's blamed it on the internet provider, the internet provider blamed it on the VOIP service. In the end, if you make a lot of long distance calls, this is a good idea. We have some family out of state and it worked out good in that sense.
It was pretty cool, like Tsunami said, how you can log onto the internet and listen to voice messages in MP3 format after receiving an email.
As for the iPhone.... Some friends have it and pay 90 a month for the low end plan and 120 a month for the mid range plan. That would double my cell phone bill. Not worth it, especially in this era of the 'The New Frugality".
Now, since we have a verizon cell and at&t cell, we can call almost anyone for 'free'.
I am sitting at 266 in the tracker. So I'm definitely no expert. Reading some of the accounts and listening to some of the posted videos there seems to be some positive thoughts because the S&P closed above resistance. But if you like trends then today should be a down day. For 2010, I know we are early in the year, every Friday since 1/15 has been negative. Then looking at this week starting with Monday we have traded negative, positive, negative and yesterday positive. So the odds are that today may not be a good day. Good Luck everyone.
