Gary Waters

A member of the Philip Greenspun's Homepage community since March 31, 2006

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March 31, 2006, on Voice Over IP telephone service:
After Hurricane Katrina destroyed my house in New Orleans, we move to temporary quarters in Atlanta. We had an internet connection because we were always able to get cable TV but it was impractical to get a hard wired land line so I signed up with Vonage. Getting rid of our New Orleans number was a blessing as we had been besieged by telephone solicitors, crank calls and request for donations for years. I finally had to turn off my childrenýs line due to obscene calls. Vonage worked great from the start. it was up and running in minutes. The bill has been under $30 and the same amount every month. Quite a difference from the $125 to $150 we were paying Bell South in New Orleans for local and long distance service. I love the voicemail feature where I can get voicemail over the internet or from an outside line and am alerted whenever one comes in via email. This is very handy because I travel a lot. Free long distance is a big plus because now all our friends and family are ...