IronVoice is decent. http://www.ironvoice.com Eric On Aug 6, 2008, at 10:20 AM, J Cruit wrote: > I'd look at Viatalk who is open enough to allow asterisk SIP > connections so they should be cool with a "bring your own device" type > deal. Plus they are pretty crazy cheap for 199$ for two years which > works out to around 8$ a month BUT BUT BUT they don't tell you they > charge a monthly recovery fee of now around 3$ so its more like 11$ a > month. Maybe that's included now, I got in for even cheaper early on > and perhaps they figured out that it was too cheap just ask them about > it if you order. > > In any case that's not too bad for an unlimited plan with dual phone > lines, BUT that dual line means that you have two lines on the same > number so you can carry on two conversations at the same time on two > different lines but you can't (as far as I know or perhaps for more > money) have two different numbers on those two lines. > > I honestly didn't check to see if they meet all your requirements as > I'm actually fairly lazy. > > --j > > > > On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 12:55 AM, Chuck Cole <cncole at earthlink.net> > wrote: >> I'm looking to replace my home phone service with a non-Vonage but >> Vonage-like VoIP service. I've searched past stuff here as well >> as done Google searches and called 3-4 tech support lines to get >> answers. Discovered that Vonage is just expensive, and that others >> just don't or won't help much. >> >> I think a couple of the providers that offer 2 lines with a basic >> home plan may be my answer, but they won't or can't help and say I >> gotta use their hardware which makes me suspicious whether I can >> use their features as I could with Vonage (Vonage requires extra >> monthly payments and/ or 2nd subscription to do what I listed >> below: expensive and not "seamless".). >> >> >> I'll appreciate any and all comments. Here's what I think I want: >> >> >> VoIP home plan desired: >> >> Unlimited calling in US & Canada >> 1 home line, replacing POTS by Frontier, and keeping same number. >> Only need one number. >> use my Linksys RTP300 adapter for home line (Linksys info sez this >> will do my VoIP home connection). >> online access (from anywhere) to features, forwarding, and other >> standard VoIP personal preferences >> unlimited online changes to forwarding home number to cell phone, or >> unlimited forwarding to designated laptop, etc (eg, forward to >> personal laptop when going to 9-5 job, vacation, etc) >> unlimited changes to access/substitute home phone via my laptop at >> WiFi hotspots (ie, any broadband link) >> via a USB adapter such as Vonage claims for their V-Phone product >> (tiny adapter: www.Vonage.com/V-Phone), or >> via SW such as Vonage claims for their V-Pro product (SW only >> with headset, needs no adapter - but there's no online product >> info) >> >> Notes: >> 1) I want the ability to switch home to laptop so I don't always >> need to use cell "prime time" minutes, but have the choice. >> 2) do I need or want a hardware adapter like the Vonage USB V-Phone >> for my laptop to reduce CPU load? >> 3) is their an unlocked product like the V-Phone which is locked? >> 4) prefer the choice for laptop to access via Ubuntu or WinXP so >> phone can be ready in background, regardless of my main >> application. >> 5) Vonage tech support said that frequent switching from home to a >> V-Phone (eg, daily) isn't allowed, but sales said it is >> unlimited. >> 6) the services which said I must use their equipment did not or >> would not clarify how I could use my laptop as a phone at a >> hotspot. >> >> >> I could not locate a site or something and did MANY searches before >> asking this here.. >> >> >> Chuck >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list --- Eric Crist