Voip Comparison
What is the best VOIP service to go with.?
I have just gotten Roadrunner internet and am inking of moving my phone service to VOIP. I know VONAGE is the largest but does not offer local numbers where I live.
Public Comments
- skype is a good one!
- the first thing you gotta do is check out some of the providers...DSL reports is one one of the best unbiased websites... http://www.dslreports.com/overview?v=r don't pay to much attentions what ppl say on the voip forums, they are writing usually bad reviews about the providers they just left....not to many pp go online to write good reviews about there VoIP provider. http://www.voipreview.org/review.all.aspx skype is not a true VoIP provider but rather an SIP service...I also got skype and mindspring.com....all for free...
- It is difficult to get an unbiased consumer review. Most often if you see a bad one, it was likely not even the VOIP service's problem. More than likely a problem with the broadband provider. All that being said, the best pairing is with a reputable VOIP service and DSL or some other dedicated broadband. Cable is theoretically OK, but the bandwith fluctuates throughout the day depending on usage in your local area. I found our Cable internet wasn't sufficent to use 2 voip lines and have 2 computers streaming data or uploading/downloading data. We had a lot of dropped calls. Switched to DSL, no problems since. We use Vonage.
