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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thanks for the input. I have mediacom for
the internet, that’s the only reason why I was considering them as an
option.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>-dh<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:windowtext;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:windowtext'> cialug-bounces@cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces@cialug.org]
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>neal daringer<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, February 01, 2008
10:26 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Central
Iowa Linux Users Group</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Cialug] voip service</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>for the sake of your own sanity do not get mediacom! i
dont know how vartec is gone. their "my account" login page still
works. <a href="https://www.vartec.com/EN/pay/ionpay/files/CustAcctGet.aspx">https://www.vartec.com/EN/pay/ionpay/files/CustAcctGet.aspx</a><br>
and google has their main page cached:<br>
<a
href="http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:bUsTVE7deFwJ:www.vartec.com/+vartec&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=firefox-a">http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:bUsTVE7deFwJ:www.vartec.com/+vartec&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=firefox-a</a><br>
which looks like it was cached last on the 25th of january so yea.<br>
mediacom charges almost as much as qwest does. there is far better voip
providers out there with a 515 number. just keep looking you'll find them.<br>
<br>
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Dan Hockey wrote: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<pre wrap=""><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>The phone company that I used to have seems to have evaporated<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="http://www.vartec.com/">http://www.vartec.com/</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Which may explain why my phones no longer work and no one answers the<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>customer support lines.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>I intended to have a second line using voip and asterisk for my own line,<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>the death of vartec has changed my plans. It's outrageous how much quest and<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>att want for a land line. It would be cheaper to get another cell but my mom<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>doesn't want one. It's looking like a tie between Mediacom and vonage.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>-dh<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>-----Original Message-----<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>From: <a
href="mailto:cialug-bounces@cialug.org">cialug-bounces@cialug.org</a> [<a
href="mailto:cialug-bounces@cialug.org">mailto:cialug-bounces@cialug.org</a>] On Behalf<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Of neal daringer<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 8:42 PM<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>To: <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Central Iowa Linux Users Group</st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Subject: Re: [Cialug] voip service<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>i have vonage. its decent. i dont expect a lot from a phone provider <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>other than to be extrememly cost effective. here is all the cities in <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>the 515 area code you can get a number with them.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Available Towns: Alleman, <st1:City
w:st="on">Altoona</st1:City>, <st1:City w:st="on">Ames</st1:City>, <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Ankeny</st1:place></st1:City>, Bondurant, Boone, <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><st1:City
w:st="on"><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Cambridge</span></font></st1:City>, Carlisle, Clive, Cumming, <st1:City
w:st="on">Des Moines</st1:City>, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Elkhart</st1:place></st1:City>, Gilbert, <o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Grimes, <st1:City
w:st="on">Hartford</st1:City>, <st1:City w:st="on">Kelley</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Madrid</st1:State>, <st1:State w:st="on">Nevada</st1:State>, <st1:City
w:st="on">Norwalk</st1:City>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Polk</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">City</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, Runnells, <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><st1:City
w:st="on"><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Urbandale</span></font></st1:City>, Van Meter, Waukee, <st1:City
w:st="on">West Des Moines</st1:City>, and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Windsor</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Heights</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Nathan C. Smith wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite><pre wrap=""><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>finding one that can give you a 515 area code (if that is what you want)<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>used to be a real challenge. <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Iowa</st1:place></st1:State> always seemed to be one of the last<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre></blockquote>
<pre wrap=""><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>area<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite><pre wrap=""><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>codes available with the lists many service providers had.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>-Nate <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite><pre wrap=""><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>-----Original Message-----<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>From: Dan Hockey [<a
href="mailto:icepuck2k@mchsi.com">mailto:icepuck2k@mchsi.com</a>] <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 8:11 PM<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>To: '<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Central Iowa Linux Users Group</st1:PersonName>'<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Subject: [Cialug] voip service<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Who would be a good voip service provider for dm area?<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>-dh <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
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size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
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size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
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