What are the cons of Vonage?
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It's great because long-distance is free - never have to think about when to call, where..  The only problem is that the quality is inconsistent - good enough for home use, but I wouldn't recommend it for business use.  \n\nWhen broadband is down, so is your phone service (and I have Comcast and it seems to be frequently down).  For awhile, I couldn't get consistent phone service from 5-7 (when everyone gets home and surfs the Internet).\n\nThe fax service is slower than normal fax service.
88351
cost:  vonage is less.\n\nsetup:  timewarner set it up. vonage did not set up mine.  I set it up vonage myself.  you can have the geek squad at best buy or someplace set vonage up.  or a friend that can do it for free.
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I tried Lingo and it sucked on multiple levels. It was a couple years ago, this is what I remember.\nThe first box I got did not work, I had to send it back and get another one, where is their QA?\nThe first 2 months of service was fine, but then things started to fall apart.\nI would hear people as if they were under water, but they could hear me fine.\n\nDon't forget to check out my3cents dot com\n\nTheir voice mail system sent me .wav files that my computer said were corrupt.\nTheir billing system did not log all incoming or outgoing calls, just randomly billed for whatever.\nTheir tech support always wanted my help, duh, I don't get paid to debug your system.
628856
The featured partner is vonage.
584948
1. too expensive\n2. not necessary for their small volume of business\n3. too complicated or too many features they won't use
160229
i know how you feel. i have been waiting since oct to get my $75 visa card from vonage. i think they hope we just forget about them.
887830
Disadvantage\n\n1)It looks bad to customers, they think ur in problems thats why you have to factor debts\n2)Charges\n3)\n\nAdvantages\n\n1)Reduced risk of bad debts\n2)Dont have to have debt collection staff\n3)Easier to plan cash flow\n4)Protection against currency movements\n\n\nSorry cant think of any more disadvantages
496851
It depends on which VOIP service you are using.\n\nIf you use Skype, it is free. If you are in US / Canada, you can even call US / Canada landline or mobile phones for free! See the second link.\n\nBut, you still need to pay for the Internet phone hardware (the budget solution is around $15. And, it's a one time purchase.) and the broadband access.
222195
Pros: Avoid pay-telephone booths, call parents for emergencies, cheat on tests ;)\n\nCons: bill for parents (sometimes student takes care of it), disrupts other students from learning, RADIATION FROM THE PHONES WILL MAKE THEM SMALLER ;)
89603
Vonage 9-1-1 is a service that you have to "activate" prior to using it.  If you do not activate the 9-1-1 feature, and you dial 9-1-1, you will receive a recorded message that tells you that 9-1-1 is not available from the phone you are using.\n\nAlso, Vonage 9-1-1 does not automatically "know" where you are calling from.  You must "tell" Vonage where your phone is located using either their special 9-1-1 website or by calling a special 800 number.  This is required due to the fact that you can plug your phone into any internet connection around the world and still use Vonage.\n\nVonage will connect you to the 9-1-1 center that is responsible for the address you have given them.  The difference is that your call will most likely NOT go through the 9-1-1 phone system.  Rather, your call will be transferred to a 7-digit telephone number (typically the emergency line for your local police or sheriff's department).  The dispatcher that answers your call may or may not have your address or telephone information available to them (depending on what area you are in).  The dispatcher may not know that you are calling from a VoIP telephone, and may not even know that they are answering a 9-1-1 call (since it will ring in on their regular 7-digit phone line).\n\nIf you forget to update your address when you change your VoIP phone's location, you will be connected to the incorrect 9-1-1 center.  So, for example, if you move from San Francisco to New York and forget to update your address, when you dial 9-1-1 from New York, you will ring through to a San Franisco PD dispatcher who will need to figure out where you are and where you need to be transferred.  Tracking down the emergency phone number for a police department that is 3,000 miles away can take several minutes (dispatchers do not have ready access to a list of every police/sheriff's department in the entire country).\n\nAdditionally, your VoIP phone will not work AT ALL (including for 9-1-1 calls) if your internet connection is not working, or if you have no power.\n\nOne important thing to keep in mind is that almost every state requires that your local phone company provide 9-1-1 service to you, even if you disconnect service with them.  What this means is if you have a working telephone and you plug it into a regular phone jack - even if you don't have phone service - if you dial 9-1-1, your call will very often go through (check with your local phone company to be sure).  The same goes for most cell phones.  Even if you deactivate service on your cell phone - as long as your phone's battery is charged and you are able to get a signal, 9-1-1 calls should still go through.
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ADVANTAGES: You can be contacted at anytime. It was a great progress for business deals, as you can get in touch with the person to discuss details without travelling, therefore losing time for other important things. You can be in touch with the entire world, whereas before the telephone you would have to send a letter, which would take weeks to reach its destination, and if you were really unlucky the letter would never get there, because the postman would be robbed.\n\nDISADVANTAGES: You can be contacted at anytime, even when you are in the toilet (this used to happen to me, until I set the rule not to answer the phone while I was in the toilet).  You can get depressed and with high blood pressure, because you want to finish a project and you can't, the phone is always ringing, and your boss is always asking: "is it ready yet?"\n\nBottom line: I hate the phone.
500883
It is all of the interface required to make a VoIP phone work.  If you do not want to use their official box, you can also purchase one of your own.  Most networking companies sell routers with built-in VoIP capabilities.
785066
Advantages being that when it works its wonderfull. The quality is really impressive and it works just like a phone. However, if you have a slow or unreliable connection it can cut you off a lot. Sometimes there are problems getting it to connect, and that can be rather frustrating.\n\nIn other words, when it works its great but sometimes it doesnt work
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One great disadvantage is that you can't hold a conversation with the internet.  If you are using a site that lets you hear the word as you learn it, that is good.\n\nAn advantage is that if you don't have any other means to learn English, the internet has several resources or this, and many of them are free.
120887
Well I don't have Vonage but I have Net2Phone. It's cheaper if you don't talk a lot anyway. It's .02 cents a minute nationwide (US). I really like it. The only thing I dislike about it is that it has a slight delay and sometimes you can hear a faint echo of yourself (using headset/phones). Also you can not make out what someone else is saying if you are already speaking. Reminds me of old cell phone services, but, I have never lost a call and you can purchase minutes in increments of $25. Which works well for our household. We have managed to stretch our minutes out for almost 3 months.
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I work in fraud detection, the advantage is obviously convenience. the disadvantage is possible identity theft. There are numerous devices that can be attached to the machine and copy your information. Your information could be sent to another country in a matter of minutes. Make sure you use a machine that is serviced often and watched closely. Even the most cautious person can have their information compromised.
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I'm not sure of India,but vonage and sunrocket both suck here.I've had both.Always ask them about 911 service...