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| This Philips phone can use Skype's VoIP service. |
As popular VoIP services, such as Vonage, continue to increase quality and go down in price, a popular question is whether or not it's time to discontinue your home phone in favor of VoIP.
Some households have already ditched their home phones and have gone completely cellular, but for those who frequently call long distance and international, this might not be a practical alternative. VoIP, on the other hand, offers excellent rates for calls.
A popular complaint about VoIP was that call quality as not always the best, but in recent years, this has significantly improved. I regularly use VoIP, and the person I'm talking to on the phone doesn't know the difference--the crystal clear call quality is most apparent.
Have any of you completely gone VoIP at home? If so, what VoIP service do you use? Skype? Vonage? Another?
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I had a neighbor who was using Vonage for a while, but didn't like the call quality.
Even google is out with its own phone service now. I think they are still doing this promotion where you can make calls to real phones throughout north america for free.
yay finally! this will certainly reduce costs
Hmm that is interesting. My family still has a hard phone-line because we prefer to use that rather than our cell phones. I think my brother uses Skype sometimes. but only to call people overseas.
i follow you every day..nice blog
I use syke sometimes :)
Skype*
Actually here the ISP plugs your phone to the router so everyone gets some kind of VoIP
VoIP is pretty handy. One service I recommend is Ooma if they're still in business.
not yet, but it sure is seeming like the wise choice for any household now
Yeah, we ditched the land line a while ago.
I use Skype for all international and long distance. Quality is fine now. Used to be a problem talking to Japan a few years ago - too many hops. They seem to have put in some IP shortcuts now.
Just using sometimes Skype...
but nothing else
nice phone!
I'm completely cellular now, but my parents are using vonage. VoIP is definitely the way to go nowadays.
nice phone dude
i've personally never used VoIP, but im just one man doing the bachelor thing soo. . .
I only use skype to talk with my friends while gaming. :P
i think soon enough free wifi will be everywhere and the normal cellular phones will become obsolete and voip will start charging for service
Nah I just use my cellphone. I laughed at the cable guy the other day though when he asked if I had a land line.
Probably something I'll look into when I get a house. For now, my iPhone works for everything I need. I don't want to settle just for that, though.
I've been looking at it, but haven't done it yet.
I use skype and it actually works for me
Good post!
it's thefuture, been like that in europe for a while
pretty much
I'm thinking about it.
skype, vonage
we havent really changed anything about the technology in our house for years.
nahh at home i always use my normal phone
Might get it for my dad for xmas, he loves skype...
Man, the future is already here. This is interesting, the way that the internet effects the telecommunications industry, too. I personally use the standard old telephone as I can't stand the internet's grip over everything.
Skype rocks.
its free. who can complain. Well not skype but some are
Voip is a okay thing, I only really use it for Video games.
I should try this!
you did it mayne
that's a kind of evolution:)
I honestly don't use VoIP, just mainly cellular.
would like to read moar posts from you
i hope so! :P
I definitely use Skype when I can
None "You're talking to me in Chinese..." lol
Don't have any of these services since I only own a cellphone but I might give it a try someday!
it IS taking over
i wish cell phone companies can give data only plans on iphones and such - i dont mind using skype
it don't work well here in brazil
would like to go voip but haven't made the jump yet
yea i don't use my house phone ever. i just use my cell phone
Yayyyy skype! :D
Great post! Thanks for sharing!
man i hope so, i think voip is the future
The best is trying to explain Voip to my parents. Then it's really a bad connection.
I pretty much use skype anytime I can. I'd love to be able to switch over completely.
i think il keep using skype cos i know it and most of my friends use it.
Hell to the yes. MagicJack, $50 or so a year, works like a champ. This is the dedicated line for my home business, missed calls when I'm out get routed to my iphone voice mail instantly. Landline is a huge ripoff.
I use skype for everything. I threw away my cell phone about 3 years ago, and it feels so good. Cellphones are like leashes. But if skype ever make a cellphone, then I'll probably get one.
i think il do the switch pretty soon too
Most of my phonecalls are voip these days.
following good material.
using skype 24/7
good stuff
My calls are usually voip
have a hard-line at home but nobody uses it... skype is the way to go =)
VOIP won't last forever tbh, it will all ultimately end up as mobile phones. The prices will come and it will all go to mobile phones.
super post !
i like it :D
It will take over eventually, it will just take a while!
skype is king.
I don't make too many calls so a cell phone is fine for me and my family. I had a friend who had VoIP and when people called him it cost them but this was when Vonage was new, they may have changed it.
cool stuff
My friends went full volp and didnt like the quality.
I use Skype for overseas calls and as an alternative to cellphones. It's super useful.
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