VoIP
Residential Providers
ViaTalk
offers one of the best all-inclusive
plan for residential consumers, offering
unlimited calling in the U.S. and
Canada for only $15.95 a month. Some
of these free features include within
the residential unlimited plan are
E911, Voicemail, Simultaneous Ring,
Operator Services, CallerID, Call
Block as well as Call Forwarding.
ViaTalk also offers additional plans
for consumers who do not make a lot
of outgoing calls. This plan includes
500 anywhere minutes in the U.S. or
Canada along with the standard features
listed above. ViaTalk will have 24
hr, 7 day a week online support for
customers.
Packet8
offers only one residential VoIP plan,
which is an unlimited VoIP long distance
calling plan. This plan cost $19.95
per month which allows unlimited free
calls to anyone in the U.S. or Canada.
Standard features of this plan are
as followed; Voicemail, Call forwarding,
CallerID, Call Waiting, Speed Dialing,
as well as 3 Way Calling. Packet8
also offers the lowest start up cost
of all carriers.
SunRocket
offers a basic plan with unlimited
calling in the U.S. or Canada for
$24.99 a month or $199 for the year.
This plan also includes a $3.00 credit
for international calls each month,
along with a free second line. SunRocket
has no activation fee and 10 standard
calling features.
Lingo
offers a home plan for $19.95 a month
for unlimited long distance minutes
to anywhere in the U.S., Canada, and
17 counties in Western Europe. There
are 26 calling features which are
standard on and Lingo plan. Some of
these standard features include Voicemail,
CallerID, Call Forward, Call Waiting,
as well as, 3 Way Calling. Lingo's
VoIP service also offers phone numbers
in 15 countries and they are adding
new countries all the time. The most
appealing feature of Lingo is that
it provides two phone numbers per
account, for a small additional fee.
The
first phone number is an area code
of your choice, and the second can
be the area code in which you live
in for local calls.
Vonage
is a current market leader in the
residential VoIP marketplace. They
currently supply close to 500,000
people. Vonage's unlimited calling
plan to anywhere in the US. or Canada
starts at $24.99 a month. Standard
features include Call Forwarding,
Call Waiting, 3 Way Calling, CallerID,
as well as Voicemail. Additional features
may include Virtual Phone Numbers,
Fax lines, and Toll Free Features.
Call
Vantage offers an unlimited calling
plan to the U.S. and Canada for $29.99
a month. This service comes with an
array of standard features such as
Voicemail, Call Log, Phone Book, Locate
Me, Speed Dial, Do Not Disturb, 3-Way
Calling and many more.
Voice
Wing offers an unlimited calling plan
to the U.S. and Canada for $34.95
a month. This provider also includes
13 standard features with their basic
plan. Some of these features include
Voicemail, CallerID, Call Waiting,
Call Forwarding, Repeat Call and Return
Call. This service also includes an
internet management program which
keeps track of all your calls, manages
your Internet calling features, updates
your address book and provides access
to everything in your personal account
Speakeasy
offers unlimited calling in the U.S.
or Canada for $23.95 a month. This
includes standard features such as
E911, voicemails, and faxes delivered
as emails attachments, as well as
CallerID.
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