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VOIP phone service?
Posted on 5/13/14 at 11:06 am
Posted on 5/13/14 at 11:06 am
any of you guys have ever used this? Possibly for residential service?
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Posted on 5/13/14 at 11:09 am to Dingeaux
I had it in Bahrain. Cheap as shite (worldwide calling) and as reliable as anything over there. I only had two outages in almost two years. One lasted for about an hour. One lasted for a couple of days.
My secure phones at work are VOIPs as well.
My secure phones at work are VOIPs as well.
This post was edited on 5/13/14 at 11:10 am
Posted on 5/13/14 at 11:09 am to Dingeaux
For resi service, do it. How much are you even on your home phone though? I use if in a home office.
Posted on 5/13/14 at 11:40 am to Dingeaux
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any of you guys have ever used this? Possibly for residential service?
I ditched the land line over a year ago and bought a cellular gateway for my alarm system. My VoIP provider is CallCentric coming in through a $40 Obihai gateway. I pay about twelve bucks a month including 911 service and no taxes. They ported my old land line number for free.
The set of features that comes with the service blows away what the phone company and most other VoIP providers offer. I don't think I've had a telemarketing call in over six months due to the way the service blocks them. Call quality is indistinguishable from AT&T which is not surprising because U-Verse phone is nothing more than VoIP.
This post was edited on 5/13/14 at 11:46 am
Posted on 5/13/14 at 12:23 pm to Layabout
what are some good companies?
Posted on 5/13/14 at 12:26 pm to Dingeaux
I've been using Ooma for about 3 years. I got the older version that has no monthly fees, not even taxes. Works great.
Posted on 5/13/14 at 12:26 pm to Layabout
How do they block the telemarketing calls?
Posted on 5/13/14 at 1:51 pm to HotMama79
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How do they block the telemarketing calls?
In addition to being able to block anonymous calls and/or calls from specific numbers CallCentric has a telemarketer block feature:
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With our Telemarketer Block feature you can dramatically reduce and potentially eliminate unwanted telemarketing and robocalls. When activated, inbound callers (to the DIDs that you have this feature activated on) will hear an automated message which will require them to press a specific key (1-9) in order to complete their call. Your Callcentric Phone WILL NOT begin to ring, until AFTER the inbound caller has successfully pressed the requisite key on their phone. **Callcentric Tip: By configuring your friends, family, and colleagues' phone numbers into your Callcentric Phone Book and setting up a prioritized "Call Treatment" to route calls from these numbers directly to your phone, you can ensure that ONLY callers from unknown numbers will be prompted to press the requisite key (1-9) in order to complete their call.
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BTW, blocked calls get the standard phone company message that this number is no longer in service. After a few tries they take your name off their call list.
Another thing I've done is to set up a google voice account (it's free) and give out that phone number to businesses like on-line stores that I don't have any interest in talking to. It goes direct to voice mail and sends me an e-mail with a recording attached.
This post was edited on 5/13/14 at 1:56 pm
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