[Cialug] voip service

[neal daringer]

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. 
https://www.vartec.com/EN/pay/ionpay/files/CustAcctGet.aspx
and google has their main page cached:
http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:bUsTVE7deFwJ:www.vartec.com/+vartec&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=firefox-a
which looks like it was cached last on the 25th of january so yea.
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.


Dan Hockey wrote:
> The phone company that I used to have seems to have evaporated
> http://www.vartec.com/
> Which may explain why my phones no longer work and no one answers the
> customer support lines.
> I intended to have a second line using voip and asterisk for my own line,
> the death of vartec has changed my plans. It's outrageous how much quest and
> att want for a land line. It would be cheaper to get another cell but my mom
> doesn't want one. It's looking like a tie between Mediacom and vonage.
> -dh
>   
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On Behalf
> Of neal daringer
> Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 8:42 PM
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] voip service
>
> i have vonage. its decent. i dont expect a lot from a phone provider 
> other than to be extrememly cost effective. here is all the cities in 
> the 515 area code you can get a number with them.
>
> Available Towns: Alleman, Altoona, Ames, Ankeny, Bondurant, Boone, 
> Cambridge, Carlisle, Clive, Cumming, Des Moines, Elkhart, Gilbert, 
> Grimes, Hartford, Kelley, Madrid, Nevada, Norwalk, Polk City, Runnells, 
> Urbandale, Van Meter, Waukee, West Des Moines, and Windsor Heights
>
>
>
> Nathan C. Smith wrote:
>   
>> finding one that can give you a 515 area code (if that is what you want)
>> used to be a real challenge.  Iowa always seemed to be one of the last
>>     
> area
>   
>> codes available with the lists many service providers had.
>>
>> -Nate 
>>
>>   
>>     
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Dan Hockey [mailto:icepuck2k at mchsi.com] 
>>> Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 8:11 PM
>>> To: 'Central Iowa Linux Users Group'
>>> Subject: [Cialug] voip service
>>>
>>> Who would be a good voip service provider for dm area?
>>> -dh  
>>>
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