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Broadband Phone Service

Mar 3, 2005 8:44PM PST

Has anyone tried the Broadband phone service, "Vonage" or another one like it? I am wondering how good it really is and what all you need to get it going if you already have a broadband connection.

Thanks,
Dave

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VOIP services
Jul 9, 2006 5:29AM PDT

Do all of the phone services mentioned in this forum require that I be on cable or dish?

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Cable or Dish?
Jul 9, 2006 11:05PM PDT

Cable or DSL. Don't know about Dish

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Broadband connection
Dec 16, 2006 3:12AM PST

Vonage and other Voip services works well with either DSL or cable internet connection. I dont know if they work with satellite connection as of now. Anyone can verify this?

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broadband phone service
Mar 21, 2008 11:08PM PDT

I am using broadband phone of axvoice and it works great for me on DSL. You can check their options at http://www.axvoice.com

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Please check this
Jul 25, 2006 7:25AM PDT

Hi all,

I have registered for the phone service at iTalkBB and found that the service is very good. Please check this site for more information: http://cheapphonecall.tripod.com

Mike

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broadband phone service
Jan 16, 2007 11:48PM PST

have been using for 2 years
also have second line running directly on laptop
service is excellent also so is quality

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No Cable No Dish
Apr 27, 2008 7:17PM PDT

No cable, No dish, I have used both of them and have had terrible experience. They also didn't offer any of the South Asian channels. So I moved to DirecTV's services, the service is fantastic, picture and sound quality couldn't be better. Most importantly DirecTV offers an array of Indian channels, NDTV 24x7 in particular is my favorite News channel.