With Callvantage, I hae voicemail and "locate me" telephony features as good or perhaps better than the now in limbo Google Grandcentral service.
I desparately need a service that:
1) gives me one "smart number" for folks to call
2) Has smart "locate me" features to hunt me down on all my other phones that I do not want to give out.
3) has context sensitive call processing based on the callers call id.
4) has an affordable nationwide unlimited calling plan
With a good broadband service (which I have), I get flawless business grade voice quality and higher reliability then when I had my miserable POTSs line from the local telco. With my cable modem, router and telephone adaptor on a small UPS, I have had continious uptime thoughout numerous power failures since I installed the service last year.
Please AT&T, reconsider your thinking. I will never live in U-verse territory so all in one bundling is not possible.
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I've been with Vonage for about three years now and have had overall excellent results. Comcast offers a similar program bundled with their CATV and/or Internet services, but once you get past the introductory price its not worth it.
While I appreciate "one-stop shopping" convenience, I prefer options and choices. If I have to get VoIP service from my broadband ISP, I may drop any landline and use my iPhone as my only personal phone. A pity, because I like having a personal fax line, and I'm not yet a fan of Internet faxing.
The End of Stand-alone VoIP
Ever since equal access, and probably since divestiture, it has been about who owns the last mile to the customer prem. So why is this a surprise?
I investigated many VOIP options for my home phone before pickin
I investigated many VOIP options for my home phone before picking CallVantage about 18 months ago. I have not been disappointed at all. Every time one of my Vonage-having friends complains about outages and connection problems I talk up CallVantage but I guess there wasn't enough money in it for AT&T.
"Triple Play" Not Such a Deal
Comcast may have done an excellent job of promoting their "Triple Play" program, but it is by far NOT the cheapest service out there. Even Vonage isn't the cheapest. Plus, if you go with an ISP for your phone service, you get one large headache if you change ISPs. I personally use www.lingo.com, and besides their tech support being in India, I have been overall very happy with their service, especially for $15 a month. Plus, if I change ISPs, all I have to do is plug my box into the new network. It's a shame the masses are being swallowed up by ISPs "bundle" packages.
AT&T disappoints yet again
I've been calling AT&T for over 3 years asking when callvantage will be available in my area. Each time I got a different answer, this includes Bellsouth before the merger. AT&T like all big business is doing what it needs for itself and not the customer. Don't call AT&T and expect the same answer twice. AT&T you disappoint me and many other customers yet again.
stand alone consumer voip ?
if i subscribe to anything the internet provider could claim that they are entitled to a piece of it since they are providing the backbone.
antivirus subscriptions , mp3 downloads. the list is exhaustive. why should voip be treated any differently ? there will be lidigation over this.
when att pulls the plug on callvantage , ill move my number over to something else. perhaps another cell phone.
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