vonage

thehulkid

I have recently been contacted by vonage, despite being a dedicated moneysaver, i have never heard of them before, i have looked at their website seem quite cheap, was just wondering if anyone has ried them, or has any feedback.

BexTech

thehulkid wrote: »

I have recently been contacted by vonage, despite being a dedicated moneysaver, i have never heard of them before, i have looked at their website seem quite cheap, was just wondering if anyone has ried them, or has any feedback.

Surprised you have not heard of them.

They are one of many VoIP providers, not the best, not the cheapest, but people often go with them as they are the AOL of VoIP.

You make calls using your internet connection, great if you have cable broadband, not so great if you have ADSL as you can't dump the landline.

thehulkid

thanks for the reply, sorry to appear thick but what does, VoIP stand for?, do you know who is the best and cheapest provider?, i am with bt at the moment but will be moving to virgin soon mainly for broadband, but calls are not so cheap

BexTech

thehulkid wrote: »

thanks for the reply, sorry to appear thick but what does, VoIP stand for?, do you know who is the best and cheapest provider?, i am with bt at the moment but will be moving to virgin soon mainly for broadband, but calls are not so cheap

VoIP

Voice over Internet Protocol. Using your broadband to make phone calls.

As to who is the cheapest it depends on your calling pattern.

Myself currently I use Vyke and VoIPStunt (VoIPStunt I have kept as when they first started out they issued local VoIP-In phone numbers for free and I have a very good memorable incoming number from them).

I have used Sipgate in the past, though only for incoming calls and calls to other Sipgate users and other users where there are peering arrangement as there is no cost, you also get an incoming local number of any area-code of your choice free, however calls are charged at 1.19p/min for chargable landline calls - still as there's no monthly charges if you don't make that many calls then is well worth it.

There are sister companies to VoIPStunt that offer various pricing structures, different number of free days, free countries and prices.

I can look complicated and that's where Vonage comes in, however it's not really as complicated as it first looks.

patchwork_cat

This place is a shower- wahtever marketing dept they use use very underhand tactics and ring again and again including 9 am on sunday mornings.