[Cialug] voip service

[neal daringer]

i have mediacom for internet also. i would never get their phone 
service. last i heard where i live its still like $40/month with a very 
limited feature set.

Dan Hockey wrote:
>
> 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&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>
> 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:
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> 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> [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
>  
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>  
> Nathan C. Smith wrote:
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>> 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 
>>  
>>   
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>>> -----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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