Internet Phone Service

[CAP]

Does anyone have any experience-good or bad with an Internet Phone Service Provider such as "Vonage".
We are about 400 miles from "home" and my LOVELY WIFE is killing me on the long distance.
Cell Phone Coverage is next to nothing inside the house, so Heaven forbid she step out on the front porch to make a call on it.

[CameraMan]

It is the most perfect and awesome and amazing thing, until you have a power failure and your phone won't work. Also, sometimes your phone will die for no appearant reason and you have to un[lug your router and plug it back in, but that's Linksys's fault, not Vonage.

Have you tried Skype?

[LPAjh9558]

Does anyone have any experience-good or bad with an Internet Phone Service Provider such as "Vonage".
We are about 400 miles from "home" and my LOVELY WIFE is killing me on the long distance.
Cell Phone Coverage is next to nothing inside the house, so Heaven forbid she step out on the front porch to make a call on it.

Ah the joys of the internet/phone! Hope the Wife isn't really killing you Mine took a small loan out and ssid it was to help with my insurance for when she did Guess she was referring to how much I play poker online

[SIW Editor]

It is the most perfect and awesome and amazing thing, until you have a power failure and your phone won't work. Also, sometimes your phone will die for no appearant reason and you have to un[lug your router and plug it back in, but that's Linksys's fault, not Vonage.

Have you tried Skype?

+1

Skype can get you rates of about $.02/minute, no other charges (telecom taxes, for example). Requires a high-speed connection for good results.

[TheEskimo]

I have used the Comcast internet phone(in a bundle) for about two years now with no real complaints. Due to the rual area I am living in the old cable lines are a little lacking at times giving a few seconds of static. But I have loved it so far and the static I hear is a very rare occurance.

[Aussie Officer]

I used skype while posted in the Middle East to call Australia, the states etc and have no complaints. Most of the western expats where I worked used skype, again with minimal complaints.