Turbodan

well I just hooked up my new phone for my new house.
I am using Italk BB. it is something like $8 per month and has every feature known to man. it is supposed to be clearer than regular phone service...I will keep you posted but may be worth switching especially if you deal with bell or rogers. I think it may include north america long distance and can have a china phone number.

Turbodan

wow this thing works great! screw bell and rogers

JDSStudios

I tried Comwave a while back, what a piece of crap!! ( $9.00 per month)
Plus they wanted $600.00 when I gave back their non working equipment (Modem).
I had tried over 2 weeks, endless hours on the phone with poor tech support.

I hope your experience is better with italk BB.

petee_c

Primus TalkBB since 2005? - $23.xx after tax..... lots of call features, really only use call display, and caller ID, call answer....

More LD minutes than I'll ever use.... up 99.9% of the time...

911 even worked - everyone turned ok.

P

Turbodan

$9 per month unlimited ld us and canada
very clear signal so far so good...no contract and no equipment fee when I signed up.
also 911 can identify my address

JDSStudios

It sounds good (no pun intented).
I just purchased MagicJack $20.00 PER YEAR.

Can't beat that, but net connection must be reliable.

Bill N

I've had Vonage VOIP for years, and have been very happy with it. Very few problems. The products you have talked about so far look like they have almost as many features as Vonage, they are cheaper (Vaonge is $20 or $30/month) and if they work as well, you will be pleased.

One feature of Vonage that I like is Vonage Access, which lets you phone a local number in most places, from which you can then connect with a Vonage phone without paying long distance fees. It's handy when I'm away from home, and making calls home from my cell.

Bill

Turbodan

yes this service has the same feature with local numbers to call for free calling from your cell phone.
what are the limitations of magic jack? does it work the same way? does it plug into the router or computer?

JDSStudios

No limitations per se, just router settings and net connection dictate
audio quality.

Plugs into any USB, anywhere World wide.
It is little gadget at www.magicjack.com
No affiliation.

Steve Martin

I'm moving and looking to reduce some of the monthly costs(phone bill). Are you still with them Dan, how did it work out?

Any one else got a killer price compared to BELL or ROGERS?

Turbodan

still works great!
sends voice mail to email
clear signal
very happy

Steve Martin

I think I'll look into it. Better yet, I'll have Karla look into it.......HAHA

wc11

With all the cell packages now, who needs to pay for a home phone line?
What I did was get a couple Panasonic cordless home phones with bluetooth capability.
When I get home it links up and tadaaaa!
Now when someone calls the cell, it rings on all the home phones.
It can handle up to 5 phones. 5 color LEDs blink to show who it for too.

Turbodan

how does your home alarm alert the alarm company if there is a break in?

wc11

ADT Cellguard.
As the name states, it uses cell networks.

There's also Rogers Home Monitoring which uses the cable/internet lines.
You can have a phone app to control the house.