szuberi

So if anybody using them now? Apparently you can save alot of money if you have one of these. Primus, Bell, Rogers..literally everybody is offering some all inclusive packages at under $50 a month that includes long distance for Canada and US also..

I am thinking of converting my land line to these. Any thoughts?

imported_Cablerat

as long as you have highspeed it's ok.

Power failures, dropped internet connection and your **** outta luck.

szuberi

yeah high speed is a given....but i dont have any idea what to expect when it comes to dropped calls, line failure or what not...

Cynikal.Mindset

we have it, my friend has it...they come with a battery backup and hardline...well the cogeco one did atleast I dunno if the rogers one here does...its pretty good if u do alot of LD calls

imported_starboy869

What about vonage? I know you can get sweet deals on linksys vonage routers @ staples.

SilverCRXSi

I'm switching to Skype in a few weeks. $15 for unlimited calling to Canada and US for the year is an amazing price. Can't get a Skype-In # here yet sadly.

OverrRyde

Vonage here, 39.95$/mth, unltd long distance calls to us and canada, all services included (vm, caller id, call waiting, 3 way call, forwarding), free voip router. you can also get a virtual number from anywhere in canada or us for 7.95$

imported_viper_2_4

ya that seems like it would be a problem, but if you think about it, the rare times your internet doesn't work, you can just use your cellphone...

Xscorpio

Long Distance call just use msn or yahoo or something, cam on and talk on mic simple, but both side needs high speed to have a good connection

imported_starboy869

I still rather do a regular phone chat than some choppy msn vid chat.

imported_loudsubz

Couple ways arounds. At least with rogers like Matt said they have battery backups in the modems @ the house, and they also have battery backups at the nodes where they distribute the cable from. If there is a major power outage you wont lose your phone service via VOIP with rogers, so it acts the same way as bell does.

Also rogers is good because the phone portion has dedicated priority, so even if your net connection goes down, theres a good chance your phone line will work still, unless someone physically cut your phone line.

With Vonage and other services that just use your highspeed, you can set it up to forward calls in the even vonage goes down or your cable goes out.

Surfofpink

i live in an duplex that is really old and the phone lines are all messed up so my husband and I both just have cell phones but the cost is rediculous. we are getting vonage in january.