Quote Originally Posted by burris View Post
You are correct...it's not the same and neither is the price.

In terms of reliability, a land line is the best, but that doesn't mean it is without its problems as well.
Just the other day, a number of people had their ATT lines go down and they got the usual recording that said.."will be fixed by 6pm tomorrow."

However, some of us are just lucky. I have no land line and have had voip for more than 7 years. Except for an occasional blip, the quality for me is on a par with POTS.

Of all the VOIP companies I tried, without question VOIPo has been by far the best and I've been with them since the beta testing days.
there's 2 reasons i went with VOIPo. 1st of course being price. to go from almost $60 s month to under $6? fu-get-about-it. : ) after that, it's hostgator.

i've been running an online radio station for over a decade and trust me, i've run through my share of providers. most took my money and were "ok" but when i ran into issues - i ran into issues to be sure. i avoided hostgator at first cause everyone else was cheaper, like most would do. finally in a fit of virtual rage from a previous provider and their BS, i gave hostgator a shot.

their support is to be blunt, the best in the business. the people i've talked to cared, followed up and even when my issue was not their direct problem, they still worked with me to get it resolved and ensured i knew what i needed to move forward. there was my price difference.

how difficult was it to setup VOIPo? take a small adapter, plug it into my wireless adapter, plug my phone in it and it worked. the only issue is no caller ID coming through but given the support track record, that will be resolved shortly and i'll be fine. i notice zero difference in quality and i flat out LOVE the fact i can block numbers online and shut off tele-marketers that i could never easily do under AT&T.

so to anyone who may get frustrated setting this up - remember this is a very different technology giving you very familiar results. the swap for most will be flawless and easy. for some, a few bumps and for a few, maybe a few more. i've been in computer customer support for almost 20 years so its second nature to me. but even for someone who's not tech savvy, hang in there and trust the support to get you through. they will.

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