SKye's Blog

I've been on Vonage for well over a year now, I started their "Year Pay" a year ago, and my bill looked like this:

Charges Detail
Description Amount
Annual Residential Premium Unlimited Plan $215.00
New Rate Plan Activation Charge $0.00
Regulatory Recovery Fee $10.89
Emergency 911 Cost Recovery $10.89
Sales Tax $15.63
Federal Universal Service Fee $12.79
Total Amount $265.20 (for 11 months)

=$24.11/mo

This year:

Charges Detail
Description Amount
Annual Residential Premium Unlimited Plan - Save 20% (Jan 24,2008 - Feb 23,2008) $239.99
Regulatory Recovery Fee $11.88
Emergency 911 Cost Recovery $11.88
Federal Universal Service Fee $19.78
Sales Tax $19.28
State 911 Fee $0.08
Total Amount $302.89

=$25.24 /month (for 12 months)

So, it's a little over $1/month increase, not too bad, especially when you consider what we are paying for gas nowadays. I wanted to put in a plug for Vonage again, because $25.24 a month for the following features is absolutely magnificent! (YES, all this is included in the LOW price of $25.24 a month):

• Call Forwarding, Call waiting[with ID], 3-way calling, call transfer
• FREE Voicemail, and they will even EMAIL you the voicemail as a wav file!
• Network Availability number--in case your internet goes down
• Simulring (Ring up to 5 numbers simultaneously--when you call our housephone my cellphone, and my wife's cellphone ring at the same time, thus we can answer either the housephone OR our cellphone to talk to people who call--My computer 'rings' at the same time, but I'll get to that in the next bulletpoint)
• VonageTalk (the FREE version), lets me MAKE AND TAKE calls on my computer using my speakers and mic. It also allows you to chat with your friends on AIM, MSN, Yahoo, and Google Talk.
• FREE International calling to certain countries (WOW)
• Call-ID block (to block your number from going out)
• Last call return (*69)--for free, no paying whatever it is now that "regular" phone companies charge for the simple pleasure of finding out the number that last called you.
• Do not disturb (I never use this, but I have a friend that SWEARS by it, it's the only way that he and his family can eat in peace sometimes)
• Anonymous call blocking
• Repeat dialing, --I hate getting a busy signal, this way Vonage keeps dialing the number for you (for up to 30 minutes), and rings when you and them are available
• Vonage Access, thousands of "local" numbers across the world, where someone that wants to call you can call a local number, then put in your Vonage phone number, and it will ring you (basically, they can call you long-distance, for the price of a local call to them)
• click to call, integrates with certain Microsoft programs to allow you to click a number and have it dial on your Vonage phone (it rings your phone, you pick up, it dials the other number)
• V-ME webpage, you can give a URL to a friend where they can put in THEIR phone number, Vonage will call them, then call you and connect you together (It's like giving out your phone number, without having to give out your phone number, and Vonage will call you on the number of YOUR choice--ie, you can put in a cellphone, a work phone, your Vonage phone, your neighbor's phone ;) whatever!)
• V-Fax, send faxes from your computer!
• Disadvantages: You need an internet connection to use Vonage, but if you have an internet connection anyway, then you are halfway there!

Have I convinced you yet??! Join Vonage if you want to use me as a referral (2 months FREE for you and me), then you can enter in my number [just convert it to digits]: 8-oh-1-ate-eight-6 zero-7-O-niner [don't say you can't find my number if you ever wanted to call] ;)

--I'm not trying to talk anyone into signing up, I just wanted to say: I LOVE VONAGE! and whether you want to use me as a referral or not [the choice is up to you, maybe you have another friend on Vonage and want to use them--GREAT!] the fact is, YOU will LOVE Vonage too!


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