Voip Comparison

Does anyone have any reccomendations on a VOIP provider? Is vonage as bad as the reviews state? I am wanting to switch to a VOIP - like vonage or lingo - to save some money - but I am sooo confused. I have read so many bad reviews online for vonage, but also good ones. I was hoping someone might have a reccomendation of a VOIP provider - or any personal experience with Vonage or Lingo.

Switching over to Voip need help? Hello everybody, I am planning on switching my phone service to one the voip service. I make long distance calls within United States and also to India. I looked on http://www.compareandcall.com/ It provded some good comparison and reviews of many providers and rate. I am leaning towards lingo and Joiphone. Can someone let me know how the service is from Joiphone or Lingo

What is the Best VOIP as of December 2007? Hi all, I'm planning to subscribe a VOIP phone that I can bring to a different country and use it there. I can't go with Softphone. It should only be hardware based. I know this question has been asked too many times already but I need an updated one. I don't need it to be UNLIMITED. As long as its CHEAP and has unlimited INCOMING calls. 200 or 500 mins outgoing is too much for me =) I made some calls to Vonage, ViaTalk, ConnectVoip, packet8, etc. The big problem is some of them doesn't allow you to bring the hardware to a different country (like ViaTalk, ConnectVOIP) There are so many VOIP services in the reviews I found but I dont know what to believe anymore. I don't know if it is biased or what... I was hoping to get $6-9.95/month deal. But I guess its ok to have the $14++ deal. As long as it has unlimited Incoming calls, cheap, and I can bring it to a different country without a time-lock, I'm good with it =) Thank you so much.

i currently have the dlink 604t and am considering belkin F1PI-241EGau for the VOIP capability? i currently have the dlink 604t and am considering belkin F1PI-241EGau for the VOIP capability anyone have any reviews/comments on this?

VoIP Query: Where can I get a precice and concise "In a Nut Shell" summary of VoIp functionality? I am a trained network engineer from being in the US Air Force. I am heavy on Cisco followed by Windows etc..and multiple IT Certs.. I moved from the assignment right about when we started installing VoIP and Wireless gear but didn't get to enjoy playing with them. I am going to do a thorough review of the VoIP technologies and try out either an inexperienced capacity or an internship to bolster that. If you are aware of any of the above feel free to make me part of your social network..I need to make use of those skills on payroll be4 it's too late to be any good.. Another hurdle is that when I was doing most of my certs, the technologies were more infancy stages: However of the: CCNP, CCDP, and CCSP that I hold, CCDP had the greatest high level assessment of voip and wireless

VOiP - Is it a worthy choice when is comes to quality and cost? My wife and I both have cell phones and have a phone number through our cable provider (cablevision). We both agree that we need a phone in the house - just in case - but am tired of spending over $30/month! SKYPE - seems to be a reasonable choice - any SKYPE reviews or coments would be helpful. any other ideas to cut phone costs????? thanks!

What VOIP provider is reliable and works with Faxes? I initially used Sun Rocket and was fairly pleased with them until they went belly up. I was able to send fax's out, but not receive them. After they went out of business I switched to VOIP.com but haven't been really happy. They are OK, but not as good as Sun Rocket was. Fax is out of the question and VMWI hardly works on the phone when there is a message. I have been doing some searching on the internet and get really mixed reviews; some people hate Vonage - other love them. I have been considering Vonage, VOIP Your Life; Voice Pulse or ATT's Call Vantage. Does anyone have a strong recommendation?

How do I use Sprint Mobile Broadband as a VOIP Phone? I have the Sprint Mobile Broadband PMCIA Card from Pantech. I was told by a Sprint Representative that since this card has a phone number and is data I can use it for VOIP. He would not say how since they do not explicitly provide the service. I would like to know how I could use this card to make and receive calls. I have attempted to search for myself and have found nothing substantial other than vague references to the ability to do this and lots of reviews on it. And for those who say it isnt fast enough. Vonage uses 90kb/s. I am in EVDO and get arroximately 500kb/s. I have seen information stating that VOIP can be done but won't state what software suite to use or what settings to configure them with. In addition. This is my source of home internet. There is no moving. It stays stationary and barring severe weather have stayed with a 500+kb/s connection with fairly low latency. I am able to play several online games with a constant ping below 100. Skype, Yahoo Voice, and several others work fine. What I am trying to do is to link the phone number given by Sprint to a software suite. According to the Sprint tech, all I would need to do is use a VOIP software suite and configure it to connect through Sprint. Since they do not explicitly offer this service for the cards (only for the newer phones) they cannot inform me of the settings. I am very familiar with everything else. What I need is the specific software suite and the settings. Since I know without a doubt this has been done I am hoping someone on here has done it.

Anyone used a Magicjack VoIP? Anyone used a Magicjack? How is the service, voice quality and ease to use? Any other VoIP you would recommend that is as cheap as a MagicJack... How would you review/rate this product... I am seriously thinking to buy it solely looking at the price... $40/yr for the first year and then $20/yr... I looks unbeatable right now...

Using a Fax Machine on my DSL/Voip Phone Line... help..? so this fax machine i have seems to be a piece of junk. Even when it was hooked up to a dedicated phone line it had problems with dialing, getting EASILY jammed, so i want to replace it. I think i found a good Multi Function Brother 7220 Model that seems like it will work good even has a laser printer, but i read a review on Staples.com and it said that the fax wont work well in an enviornment where its using the same shared line as the DSL. Is this going to be a problem with all fax machines sharing a phone line with a voip/dsL ? this is for work at my home office and I do use the fax daily to fax things up to my parents home office. what if i plug my fax machine into a splitter thing ?

I need help with voip providers? I do massive amounts of volunteer work. I need a provider that will. Provide Wi-Fi service lAllow me to make and recive from land lines as well as cell phones. I am running into the problem that who ever is calling or I am calling must also be signed up with the provider. Most of the people I deal with are lucky to have running water let alone a computor or home phone. I would also like a provider who can handle my out and incoming faxes. I send out forms for free medical, dental, emergancy housing assistance, legal, the list is endless I have read so many reviews I am lost.I use only my computor, and a head set. My cell if urgent. Thank-You Railhaven Do not include Vonage. I need to be able to download the program.

wich company offers virtual phone numbers with an really easy setup? i have this company in london but i need to travel to take care of some family business and i will be staying 3 month, maybe more, in germany... but i need to be reacheable for my customers. Did anyone of you experiment with any of this VoIP providers? i would love some reviewing of major companies from customer point of view. Regards

I am interested in learning about VoIP. Can someone recommend a good training program? I am a CCNA. thanks.? the Voice over IP Foundations from Global Knowledge looks good on paper but i hv hear some not so good reviews about thier other courses. has anyone taken this course and can offer a review/ feedback

Are there any handheld communicators like the mylo? especially one that can use Skyp??? Does anyone know if there are any handheld communicators like the sony mylo that are similar? The sony mylo didnt really get the best reviews so is there anything that can compare to it but better? Im looking for one that has all the gizmos but specifically can use Skyp VOIP. Anyone know!??

Does anyone have any experience with SunRocket.? Looking for the best voip service and SunRocket has gotten really good reviews, but I have never heard of them. If you have/had them, are they good and who do you think is best? Serious answers please, not just no. Anybody, anyone?

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My laptop is slow to load web pages and sometimes they wont load at all despite 900kps connection.? I have a laptop with a Intel Pro Wireless BG2200 built in and it connects to a Linksys W54G router, which uses a Belkin 4 Port VoIP ADSL router as a gateway. When I try and browse the web pages will often be slow to load or will suddenly become unavailable (just did it as I was trying to review this question and I had to start again). However when I use the company VPN from the same location and with the same hardware I don't have those problems. Also, the other desktops that connect wired or wirelessly to the same hardware do not have this problem. My feeling is that it is DNS related but I can't set a static DNS because I am always on the move and hook up to multiple access points around town.

Combining (or balancing) two DSL connections? Good day! I am moving in with a friend who has a DSL line that he uses with gaming.. He has 1.5mbit service in a 3 meg area because it's out in the sticks (cable isn't even available yet) soo, DSL is the only cost attractive option. I have some voip lines, and my PC's, so 1.5 isn't going to cut it. I've already talked to verizon, and they are going to turn up another DSL line to the house. I need to know how to link two DSL modems in a reliable fashon. I've got residental routers out the can, but none with dual wan ports. I was seriously considering using a dedicated PC with 3 nics to do with with linux, but can't find any info on that.. DLink has a dual lan router for about $125 but has had horrible reviews on newegg.. Any suggestions? I can go either with a stand alone router, or a dedicated PC with linux.. (I would rather do linux with how much more I can custo the traffic, etc..) Thanks! To get into a little more detail: I want to link the connections for balancing the total number of uploads/downloads/etc.. I know that you can only technically "bind" the two lines together when you have another box at the other end of the line (at the CO, for instance within the DSLAM to do multiplexing) etc.. I know that with the voip lines, and the different PC's, there are going to be a ton of concurrent connections, and I wanted to use both lines to take care of the need, without splitting the equipment physically between the two modems, as the loads (downloads, uploads) will change between the different sets of PC's, etc.. ...and as for knowing how hard it is to trunk, or bind the two connections together? This is why I'm asking the question.. It isn't an easy thing to do, but I wanted to know if it was possible to do the above :)

Magic Jack + AT&T High Speed Internet 6? I wanting to get the MJ and notice theirs alot of mixed reviews on this little device. Some of the bad reviews from people I believe is just a poor ISP or people not too knowledgeable in the savy tech world to actually use such a device properly. Question is, Has anyone used the Magic Jack in conjunction with AT&T Fast Access DSL Extreme 6 (6 MBPS Connection) and is it stable enough to hold a flawless VOIP connection service like Magic Jack? Of all the internet services I have had like Local Cable internet and Earthlink DSL which were both not only slow but pretty crappy, AT&T DSL seemed to be a constant 5.8-6.4 MBPS in speed and rarely goes down or gets and slower then that even with high volumes of traffic. Any take?

What is the best web conferencing platform? Please review.? WebEx Meeting Centre? Microsoft Live Meeting (2007 NOT 2005)? Adobe Connect Pro? Go To My Meeting? I need a platform that can host roughly 20 individual connections. Also, it needs to have VOIP capability and video. Application sharing, chat (text) and ease of use. Money is not really a concern, so please do not ocnsider that in your review. I have used WebEx meeting centre for the past year or so and like it. It could be better. I am under the gun to renew my contract with them or switch to a new, improved platform. This is used by people with disabilities for all sorts of purposes - attending an e-workshop, e-meetings, even attending huge events. If you are a person with a disability, your feedback is especially appreciated. Thank you!

International Virtual Phone Numbers - Where can I get one? Hi, I am looking for providers who offer International Virtual Phone Numbers. I already know of a few. - Skype - Good, but countries missing I need. - Gizmo5 - More countries, but have experiences poor quality. - Yahoo Voice - Good, but very few countries. - Didww.com - Sounds great, but only for residential. I need it for business use. I don't need a huge volume of calls, but I don't want to be turned off for a violation of terms of service. - Virtualphoneline.com - Sounds good, will check it out. I know there's more! I have seen a few in the past, I just can't remember their names. One specifically that had a website I think was black and yellow, and they had many options. It was a service similar to skype or gizmo, just not as common. I found it on a voip review page, I didn't save it, now I can't find it. *** I am specifically looking for a number in South Africa. That's been the hard part. A reliable one. - Also UK - I know skype, gimzo, and Yahoo will work.

Reviews of Nokia N800 says that its not cell phone! wht does that mean? Cant I insert sim card and make calls? the reviews says the N800 is not a cell phone... and it also says that all calls made are using VOIP software. What does that mean? Cant i insert my FIDO sim card and start making calls? and can we capture photos from from web cam in N800?

Is CallCentric too good to be true? I've been searching for a VoIP provider for my company for weeks, and they seem perfect! Even reviews online seem favorable. Does anyone have experience with them? I've already checked out Vonage, and they're customer service was pretty awful. I've only heard bad things about them