[BC] Interesting new VOIP phone company

[Paul Smith W4KNX]

If it's what I've seen, you can make only outgoing calls.  No incoming as
you do not get an assigned number.

Paul Smith
Sarasota, FL

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[mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net]On Behalf Of Rich Wood
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 9:10 AM
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Subject: Re: [BC] Interesting new VOIP phone company


------ At 09:53 PM 1/25/2008, engineermike wrote: -------

>Anybody seen adds for the new company that will provide you with a
>phone anywhere you have broadband and a PC?  The best I understand
>the adapter hooks to your USB port and then you connect any standard
>phone to it.
>The adapter is $39.95 I believe and if I recall correctly there was
>a rebate for that if you bought two years or three in
>advance.  Here's the kicker.  It's $19.95 a YEAR.

Isn't that a little overkill to have to have a computer running 24/7
for phone service? When I travel I can take my little Vonage box with
me and have my home number anywhere there's broadband. Even that's
overkill when Vonage rings my cell phone simultaneously and I don't
have to deal with hotels that block VOIP ports.

Rich