VoIP Service Provider Comparison

[CAMILO]

Originally Posted by mberlant

It is not easy to figure out which providers support Call Forwarding to international numbers, nor which consider Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico or Canada to be domestic for this purpose.

So, anyone with specific knowledge about a particular carrier is invited to please post that here.

Thank you.

What you are looking for is www.lingo.com As you request, for 19.95 a month, you get unlimited calls to Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Canada, and as an extra bonus, you also get all of Western Europe ! How is that for a great deal ! I am certain that it is the only service that offers unlimited calls to all of these different and diverse places, as part of their basic package. And you also get a Free Month when you sign in, and if you purchase your own D'Link DVG-1402S/L VoiP Router & Adapter ( Free at New Egg after Rebate ) you can get service for $7.95 a month and not have to pay the $39.90 Pre-Payment or the $29.95 Activation Fee, or the $9.95 Shipping Fee to have them send you their own Lingo Module, and the $20.62 Subscriprion Charge; so in essence you will be saving a $100.42 investment, and the need to return the Lingo Telephone Adapter if for any reason you decide to quit the service, so as to not get charged the price of their telephone adapter. Their customer service is great ! And you even a new telephone number from Lingo, or you get to transfer your own telephone number, from anywhere in the above countries to your Lingo Account, and this number is also included in the $19.95 monthly charge. I don't think that you couldn't ask for anything more ! And I almost forgot, you can pay $5.00 or $10.00 , depending on the country, and get your own telephone number in any, of about thirty different countries, so that if anybody calls your number locally in that country or city, it rings, and you answer it directly from your home ! This is great, if for any reason, like love or marriage, you have your family and friends in a far away and remote country of the world??? And I am using this service right now, and I can tell you that it works great !
Camilo Quelquejeu 305/823-1999 Miami, FL 33012 :lol:

[PhoneBoy]

BroadVoice also gives you that same deal for the same price.

[CAMILO]

Originally Posted by PhoneBoy

Sounds like an idea. Something else to add in the future.

ops: Since you seem to love to do the impossible, how is this for a future quest: Most people who call overseas, have one or more specific countries that they usually call. One important reason to choose a particular VoiP provider would be the one that offers the best rate to that particular country, so an Excell spreadsheet that would allow you to see the rates that the different service providers charge for the main 50 destinations in the world. EG China; and would permit you to easily select the one that has the best rate to China, or the five with the lower rates, to then make a final descision based on other factors in your present listing ! I can dream, can't I ! Don Quixote - Camilo Quelquejeu 305/823-1999 Miami, FL USA

[PhoneBoy]

We've considered doing that, but it's too difficult to keep this stuff up-to-date.

[giuliano]

Broadvoice does not do forwarding to international numbers and Puerto Rico is $0.05 a minute!

[bodosom]

Dialpad no longer mentions any sort of BYOD support although the previous/current configuration still works.

I may be atypical but that's a requirement for me.

[ken]

Green horn here, what is LNP?

[mberlant]

Local Number Portability. A search of that term here or on Google will turn up the definition.

[chicha]

It really is time to develop a VOIP ATA comparison spreadsheet.

[marcelo]

Originally Posted by chicha

It really is time to develop a VOIP ATA comparison spreadsheet.

That is definitely in the works, along with comparisons of IP phones and other internet-based communications devices, software and services. Look for these in the weeks to come.