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   catfish | Oct 22, 2008 05:27am | #1

   I have Cox Cable VOIP.  No problems after 4 years or so, can't tell the difference from the bells.

   The bells were such a-holes for 20  years I switched as soon as it became available in my area.  No long distance charges and all my family is 900 miles away it really cut down on the bill.  Cable, phone and internet all from the same place, 1 bill.

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   tegt | Oct 22, 2008 03:53pm | #6

   I have 2 Vonage lines for my home office- phone and fax.  Works great (unless the power goes out).  I have it set up to forward to my cell phone after x number of rings since I am frequently out of the office.

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   JMadson | Oct 22, 2008 06:16am | #2

   It's good, definitely cheaper. My only complaint is the voice mail. I like the old machines that you could listen to without picking up the phone and dialing a bunch of numbers. I feel like my home-phone is now a cell phone.

    

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   gb93433 | Oct 22, 2008 08:21am | #3

   I use SKYPE at http://skype.com/

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   jocobe | Oct 22, 2008 02:52pm | #4

   After installing the hardware, do all the existing phones function as they did with Verizon? Caller ID? Call waiting?View Image

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   DanT | Oct 22, 2008 03:38pm | #5

   "After installing the hardware, do all the existing phones function as they did with Verizon? Caller ID? Call waiting?"

    Yep, just the same.  I use Time Warner cable.  I was paying Verizon $160 a month for 1 phone line, a fax split line and their version of DSL.  I switched to cable and got Roadrunner, 2 business lines with the main line having roll over feature, voice mail, a seperate fax line, kept all my original numbers (fax and main number) and unlimited free long distance for $202 a month.  Real deal when you look at it all.  No service issues at all.  DanT

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   jonblakemore | Oct 22, 2008 06:44pm | #7

   I have Teleblend (which used to be SunRocket). $16/month vs. $95/month with Verizon a few years ago.

   It does everything my Verizon line did, plus it emails me voice mails so I can listen to them on my computer, forward to someone else, save an important voice message in a clients folder, etc.

   I love it.

    

   Jon Blakemore

   RappahannockINC.com Fredericksburg, VA

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   jocobe | Oct 23, 2008 03:28pm | #8

   Thanx all! I don't have too many services available in my area, except Vonage. Probably sign up this week after a little more research.View Image

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   ceb | Oct 23, 2008 05:12pm | #9

   Vonage seems a little skitterish about telling you to plug all your home phones into the router they supply, but it is easily done. Do be sure to physically disconnect the wires coming in from the phone company. The vonage site has a test routine you can use to see how fast your internet connection is. I have FIOS 15mbs and it works great

    

   I did find that the power to the phones for ringing the bells wasn't as strong as what the phone company provided so I had to put a ring booster on the line. Works great. A friend of mine has had some issues with a fax machine, and some alarm systems don't like it.

    

   Carlos

   Edited 10/23/2008 10:40 am ET by ceb

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   jocobe | Oct 23, 2008 08:22pm | #10

   I just got it set-up with Vonage, after seeing your post. Our cable is 3mb download, nothing close to FIOS. We call it hillbilly cable, but it's the only thing available here.......or in my lifetime for that matter.I left our 2 business lines with Verizon, I'm not going to move those.We'll see what happens.Thanx!
   John.View Image

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   ceb | Oct 23, 2008 09:01pm | #11

   One of the things you'll love about Vonage is the ability to log into your account from the internet and check your voicemails from any computer. Make sure to set up the forward calls option. This sends your calls to any # you select if your internet goes down. I'm never going back to Ma Bell.

    

    

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   jocobe | Oct 23, 2008 09:03pm | #12

   Cool! I didn't know about the forwarding feature, that sounds great!Thanx again!
   JohnView Image