As most of you know, I ditched Bell Canada with a passion last year and got rid of my DSL line and my phone as well. I went with Vonage Canada for my phone and haven't regretted it.
Now VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) isn't really that new, I was using it when I was in Belgium back in 1996. Granted it wasn't very good and one person could talk at a time but it did the trick. Now I have all the bell's and whistles on my phone line and unlike good old Ma Bell I don't get charged for them, they are all included. I pay a total of $19.95 a month for my phone with 500 long distance minutes anywhere in Canada or the US, call forwarding, voice mail. call display, three way calling etc included.
I did call the service people today and asked about traveling with my phone. I understood that I could take my VOIP router and plug it in when I arrived at my new destination but they told me about a new service they have where the rather large VOIP router is replaced with a little USB key that has the software re-installed. Now I could walk into any internet cafe and plug in the key and call back home to Canada for free! For an added advantage friends could call me at my Canadian number and it would ring wherever the key was installed at no additional cost to the calling party!
It is not often that I write about a service here in a positive light but if you are planning to do any traveling or just want to save a bundle on your monthly phone bill check out Vonage - it is worth a look.
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