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VoIP for the Masses!

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the until-the-phone-bullies-arrive dept.

SkywalkerOS8 writes: "Vonage has begun offering Voice-over-IP(VoIP) service to residential broadband users. I've had the service since Friday and the quality is indistinguishable from a regular phone line. It's only $20/month for 500 minutes or $40/month for unlimited service. They include Cisco equipment, Call Waiting, Call Forwarding, Caller ID and Voicemail (which you can check online) in the service price. You can read more about it in this article in Time. It works fine through my Linux NAT firewall/router and my monthly phone budget has now dropped from $60+ to $20."

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  1. Free Ad by hoegg · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Man I wish Slashdot would post a free ad for my company.

    But seriously, this seems like a no-brainer. Any nay-sayers care to reply?

  2. Another site with more information by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    For more information, visit this site

    1. Re:Another site with more information by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Wow - are those stats accurate? It seems like the latency problem may soon be a thing of the past (yeah, i know we've heard it all before) ....