What are the Cons of VOIP (Vonage etc) over a price-gouging long-distance service? (The Pros are obvious! : )
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- Not 911 compatible.
- Call waiting, in my experience, can be tricky or non-existent.
- Telephone services drop along with power/Internet outages.
Other than that, VOIP services offer exceptional quality and value. I'd say to sign up a month or two before your contract with AT&T expires, to sort of test the waters before you jump into it.
Good luck. ;)
Experience with Skype and Time Warner's Digital Phone services.
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Vonage will not work when the power goes out since it requires a ATA (analog telephone adapter) device to act as the telephone to ethernet adapter. If the ATA loses power, then no phone. You can however connect your ATA to a UPS (uninteruptable power supply), just make sure you also connect your cable modem or DSL modem and any ethernet switch in between to the UPS.
You must register your address with Vonage in order for 911 calls to be routed correctly. If you take your ATA with you on a trip you should not use it to dial 911. Of course, you can't take a land line from the phone company with you on a trip.
I have used vonage for years including 2 years with a US number that I used from Europe. It is a great service and I have never had a major problem with it.
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This is an excellent answer, and covers the major points I would have. I also used Vonage for a long time. The only other thing I would mention is that they occasionally sent firmware updates to my Vonage router which caused issues specific to my home network a couple of times. Gave it up finally since I had to have a cell phone, and hate to pay twice for phone service.
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There can also be installation issues, depending on where your internet service comes into the house.
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Experience is my source.
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