Comments on: Taking Your Phone Line Online http://www.pcmech.com/article/taking-your-phone-line-online/ Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:43:08 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: David M http://www.pcmech.com/article/taking-your-phone-line-online/comment-page-1/#comment-4185 David M Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:42:47 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/taking-your-phone-line-online/#comment-4185 Also, calling Vonage was really easy and simple and setting up the modem athome was a no brainer. Also, the computer does not need to be on in order for the phone to work. All my missed calls go right into my home answering machine...just like any normal phone. I wish I had done this years ago when I first got a broadband internet connection. Also, calling Vonage was really easy and simple and setting up the modem athome was a no brainer. Also, the computer does not need to be on in order for the phone to work. All my missed calls go right into my home answering machine…just like any normal phone. I wish I had done this years ago when I first got a broadband internet connection.

]]> By: David M http://www.pcmech.com/article/taking-your-phone-line-online/comment-page-1/#comment-4184 David M Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:36:41 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/taking-your-phone-line-online/#comment-4184 I have Vonage as my phone carrier. AT&T was charging 45 cents per minute to Romania which my wife frequently calls. The cost per minute dropped down to 13 cents. The sound quality is no different from AT&T. Using the phone is exactly the same. It is as if I were still connected to AT&T. The only disadvantages are that you have no phone service if your internet connection goes down and you have to set up an alternative to calling 911. You also have to pay for a special Vonage modem, but that was cheap and it has already paid for itself. I have Vonage as my phone carrier. AT&T was charging 45 cents per minute to Romania which my wife frequently calls. The cost per minute dropped down to 13 cents.

The sound quality is no different from AT&T. Using the phone is exactly the same. It is as if I were still connected to AT&T.

The only disadvantages are that you have no phone service if your internet connection goes down and you have to set up an alternative to calling 911. You also have to pay for a special Vonage modem, but that was cheap and it has already paid for itself.

]]> By: J.B. Malik http://www.pcmech.com/article/taking-your-phone-line-online/comment-page-1/#comment-4180 J.B. Malik Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:21:27 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/taking-your-phone-line-online/#comment-4180 Great article! I use a number of the services you mention above - overall they've been great auto-attendant/phone system/ call forwarding services for me, personally and for my businesses. You can read my review of RingCentral here: http://small-business-phone.com/?p=4 My review of Callwave here: http://small-business-phone.com/?cat=9 And my review of Skype here: http://small-business-phone.com/?cat=14 Good luck! -J.B. Malik Great article! I use a number of the services you mention above – overall they’ve been great auto-attendant/phone system/ call forwarding services for me, personally and for my businesses.

You can read my review of RingCentral here:
http://small-business-phone.com/?p=4

My review of Callwave here:
http://small-business-phone.com/?cat=9

And my review of Skype here:
http://small-business-phone.com/?cat=14

Good luck!
-J.B. Malik

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