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Scooby

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In Topic: Duo VoIP Telephone

06 April 2011 - 06:33 PM

QUOTE (Bob Y @ Jan 11 2011, 12:27 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hi, I spent a lot of hours reading posts about ViOP service and the best feedback was on Callcentric. You can get a device for your router (affordable) and bypass your computer. That means it doesn't have to be on (unlike Skype - not that Skype's bad, of course).

There are very detailed instructions on how to do this online.

You can use a regular phone that way. The only problem I've had is that there's some latency (just enough delay that you have to be aware of it so you don't talk over the other person). That might be fixable, but I haven't looked into it. There are all sorts of technical adjustments one can make that are over my head.

I'm on the 2MB Multicable plan and they haven't been squeezing the bandwidth so far. I know there were complaints in the past and some providers try to discourage VoIP and the like. So far so good. Sound quality has been great. Just can't use the phone and play Pandora at the same time. Maybe with more bandwidth. We've had it for over a month and used it quite a bit.

This isn't accurate about Skype requiring the computer to be on.
I've been using one of their router-connected cordless handsets for 5 years.

I wasn't able to find on the Callcentric website if they sold a router device for a handset and if so, what is the cost.

In Topic: Duo VoIP Telephone

02 October 2010 - 09:37 PM

QUOTE (Cyanide41 @ Sep 14 2010, 12:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Is Mexico one of those 60 contries?

That's a good question being that Mexico's phone rates really suck.

I had MJ before which had disappointed me on various levels. You can search my previous posts for details.

Skype has kept me happy for the most part for at least 5 years whether I'm in the US, MX, or traveling abroad. .

For Mexico calling, a special $7/month subscription gets you unlimited calls to landlines in Guadalajara, Mexico City, & Monterrey (3 main cities only) and everywhere else in MX is .03 and .15 usd for landline & cellular respectively.

Without a monthly subscription, it cost a little more depending:
.02-.04/.11/.34 per minute for the 3 main cities,landline, & cellular respectively

$3/mo for a phone # allows me a discount rate of $3/mo for unlimited calling to the US & Canada from anywhere.

So I pay $6/mo or $72 /yr without special MX calling rates. I'm considering cancelling the MX subscription since it's not used enough to justify the costs. Of course, all inside-the-network calls are free (i.e. Skype to Skype).

I can answer calls either on my handset or online.

http://www.skype.com/intl/en/features/

Gosh, I wish I got paid for this.