ogdenlanger
join:2004-07-16
Denver, CO
| STAYING with Vonage
I am staying with Vonage. This is, after all a new technology. The reliability compared to the other VOIP provider I tried is stellar. Plus, regular telephone companies suck ass. I was paying 80 a month for 1 business line with long distance plan with Qwest. If you have a problem with the regular landline (which I did several times) the phone company techs eventually come out after 2 days and you are at their mercy. I can at least trouble shoot my MTA and Router. People that do this back and forth BS with canceling and going back to landlines are idiots. Just stay with this and you will be happy. I am a firm believer that this is a temporary problem with Vonage or GC and everything will be ironed out soon. This is not a basement operation. They are the big fish of VOIP and I don't think that they are going to drop the ball.
So far, I have lost money each time the service has gone out this month. That said when this is all fixed and Vonage has learned the lessons that need to be learned, I still have a telephone line that I can take with me anywhere in the world, free long distance and a nerdy sense of self confidence because I have new toys.  |
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join:2000-03-29
Beverly Hills, CA
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·magicjack.com
| said by ogdenlanger  :
I am staying with Vonage. This is, after all a new technology. The reliability compared to the other VOIP provider I tried is stellar. Plus, regular telephone companies suck ass.
I'm with you - if you think Vonage is bad try Packet8!  |
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hottboiinnc
ME
join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH
 ·Time Warner Cable
·buckeye cable
| reply to ogdenlanger
if you check the GX website they have a network status page. They have no had any networks problems.
I'm a partner of GX and my clients never once called me to tell me they had an issue with GX going out.
This WAS a Vonage issue. First they don't pay their affiliates and now they're service is out 3 times in 1 summer.
Looks funny especially after just now they said they would be looking at moving their offices from the US if VoIP gets taxed. |
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ogdenlanger
join:2004-07-16
Denver, CO
| "Looks funny especially after just now they said they would be looking at moving their offices from the US if VoIP gets taxed."
Whats wrong with moving the company? In the real world the most cost effective operation wins. Offshore incorporation is not rare... Fruit of the Loom, Tyco and hundreds of other "American" companies have done it.
If you are a smart business man you aren't going to let any entity screw you...not the government of ANY country.
I wouldn't blame them and am planning on offshoring myself soon. |
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hottboiinnc
ME
join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH
·Time Warner Cable
·buckeye cable
| Why wouldnt they be a factor?
They are doing it to avoid taxes and getting back at the government by making their users pay. The government will still get their taxes.
And why not blame Vonage? GX did not have an outage and customers were having problems while Vonage has more than one carrier partner. The problem had to be at Vonage not the provider.
And the day comes with the nice LECs buy up Vonage when they will with MCI LD & ATT LD when they're fully up for sale. |
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