Vonage reviews
- 0 Comments
Saving money in today’s economy can start in the most obvious places, your phone bill. Technology advances over the years has made making calls very affordable, but don’t think the phone company’s are just going to lay back and give away their services for free. So before you choose to switch over your phone lines to a Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) provider, make sure you know the benefits and the disadvantages of the service.
Dating back a couple of years ago I had actually used Vonage to call my friends and family as opposed to having a regular phone line. VOIP services depends on two main factors, your internet speed and the quality of the lines that the VOIP provider uses. I was happy with the savings and the line quality but when the internet went down, so did my phone.
Well, recently I decided to give Vonage another chance because of the amount of international calls I was making. Calling to Bahamas at .03 per minute was costing me around $150 a month just in international calls alone. With vonage they now include Bahamas in their Free Unlimited Calls Around the World Package, which I thought was an awesome deal. They advertise the package for $24.99 with free hardware to connect the phone to your internet and with taxes and everything my total bill for the month will be around $34.00.
I ordered the service online and after 3 days I received my Vonage box and instructions. It took no more than 3 minutes to connect it to my internet and start placing calls. One problem I had was the connection to Bahamas, it was horrible. Sometimes it went through, sometimes it didn’t. So I called Vonage customer service and within 2 days they had solved the problem.
Another benefit is their voice mail service. They TRY to take your voice mail message and transcribe it to text and email it to you, so you don’t have to call your voice mail to check messages. With that being said, I advice you to check your messages, because it doesn’t transcribe very well as you will see in this example.
There are small business and residential plans with many types of features. So before, you decide in going the route of VOIP, check more vonage reviews to see what is important to you and what you can live without in terms of service and quality. If you aren’t in money savings mode and your lively hood depends on having a 100% clear and available phone line, you might want to keep your old school phone service til the VOIP providers iron out their kinks.
