A Local Phone Number?

[Purdue]

Signed up for Skype today... auto-forwarding to my cellphone, and THIS THING IS GREAT! With this promotion they have going on... All calls to ALL US/Canadian numbers are free.... even real telephone numbers.... Why would anyone get a house phone?

Thanks for the input guys, this is a JEWEL.

 

[Fly Navy]

Why would anyone get a house phone?

Broadband is fairly unreliable in some areas (My house back in Meridian for example). Cellphones don't always work or have coverage. Landlines are still a "sure" bet most of the time.

As for $30-40 per month, a lot of the time they'll screw you with "packages" that you "must" choose from. Try telling them all you want is a BASIC phone line, nothing else. No caller ID, no call waiting, nothing. Usually it'll drive the cost down below $20.

 

[Chubby]

Broadband is fairly unreliable in some areas (My house back in Meridian for example).

You mean Meridian isn't the technological epicenter of the southeast?

 

[HooverPilot]

Signed up for Skype today... auto-forwarding to my cellphone, and THIS THING IS GREAT! With this promotion they have going on... All calls to ALL US/Canadian numbers are free.... even real telephone numbers.... Why would anyone get a house phone?

Thanks for the input guys, this is a JEWEL.

So how is the sound quality??

HAL, how was the quality for an overseas call? Echo? Delay?

 

[Gatordev]

It will depend on your connection(s). My parents are in Europe right now, and I Skype w/ them off and on. When their connection is good, there's maybe a slight echo. When their connection is bad, the call may drop out, but usually the buffer will keep the connection together enough. Sometimes, though, Skype will just dump and you have to call back. Definitely worth the price, though, especially when the alternative is trying to call a European cell phone and you get a 100% connection tax w/ pretty much every EU country.

 

[HOORAH]

It will depend on your connection(s). My parents are in Europe right now, and I Skype w/ them off and on. When their connection is good, there's maybe a slight echo. When their connection is bad, the call may drop out, but usually the buffer will keep the connection together enough. Sometimes, though, Skype will just dump and you have to call back. Definitely worth the price, though, especially when the alternative is trying to call a European cell phone and you get a 100% connection tax w/ pretty much every EU country.

Trying to call Euorpean cell phones from here can bite... HARD! :icon_rage

 

[HAL Pilot]

So how is the sound quality??

HAL, how was the quality for an overseas call? Echo? Delay?

I've never had a problem. Sometimes a slight echo or delay but it is a non-issue and has never made a call difficult to understand.

 

[BOMBSonHAWKEYES]

SO THAT'S WHY MY VONAGE IPO STOCK TANKED?! DAMN IT!

Woof Woof!