[Cialug] voip service

[Dan Hockey]

Thanks for the input. I have mediacom for the internet, that's the only
reason why I was considering them as an option.

-dh

 

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From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On Behalf
Of neal daringer
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 10:26 PM
To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
Subject: Re: [Cialug] voip service

 

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
<http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:bUsTVE7deFwJ:www.vartec.com/+vartec&hl
=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=firefox-a>
&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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