Vonage and Speakeasy

March 1, 2007 ciararose

        On the Vonage site I would pick the $24.99 plan that would allow me unlimited long distance and local calls a month, but they also offer a $14.99 plan where I would get 500 minutes (the first plan is a much better deal!). The first month is free with the $24.99 plan. The service is available at my home address (in Issaquah). it does offer for me to keep my current phone number which is something I would definitely want, just for convenience. But the actual phone I would need is not included in the monthly plan price. I would probably chose the Mortorolla VT2142, because after the rebate you get the phone for free, it works with 2 vonage lines and it connects with one computer. but other devices are as expensive as $109 (without tax), so it can get expensive! So the  total would be little or nothing for the first month (considering I get the phone for free after rebate and I get the first month free). Before I bought this service I would need to be sure that my phone service would be very high quality. I am not sure how they would demonstrate this to me, but it is something I would have to know before I bought it. Right now I am not sure. As of right I don’t think I would buy this service because I am happy with my cell phone service and don’t want to go through the trouble of having to get a new service and having to cancel my own one. Maybe later though!

           The Speakeasy service was actually not available for my home address. So if I did want to buy some VoIP service I would be stuck with Vonage (or maybe another service I haven’t heard of yet). I did find their website to be very informative though. it described exactly what the service was and how it worked. I really appreciated that. Their cheapest price for home VoIP is $83.90 a month, but that is VoIP and Broadband. This is more expensive than Vonage, yet it offers a package including Broadband. Looking at the chart for prices was much better laid out that the Vonage site was, everything is very clear and I know exactly which features I would be getting. If I had my own house, and it if was offered there, I would actually consider getting the site. I am pretty sure that currently my cell phone bill plus my broadband bill are higher that $83 a month, so I would be saving money (which is important for broke college students!).

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