What do you think is the best VOIP service ?
Posted: July 29, 2010 at 7:45 pm | Tags: best, Service, think, voip
What do you think is the best VOIP service ? I have Skype but am curious as to which is the cheapest. I am trying to calling around then US and Canada as well as International calls to the Philippines. I mostly want a teen line but a good International number wouldnt be bad either.
Answer by Jeff B.
Skype works great for me. Yesterday I talked to my brother in Albuquerque, New Mexico from Alberta, Canada for over 1.5 hours with perfect voice quality….. and it was all free Skype-Skype, PC-PC.
We both also have SkypePro with unlimited Skype-to-PSTN land phone calling for /month for unlimited USA/Canada calling too.
But, calling to Philippines is not cheap if you are calling to PSTN landlines (and much worse to cells).
Cheapest “VoIP rate” to Philippines landline I have seen is with CallCentric at 12.9 cent/min.
They have free down-loadable soft-phone – nothing to buy, no contracts and only pay-as-you-go calling… no gimmicks or hidden fees.
Call anywhere USA/Canada for 1.98 cent/min.
They are also BYOD, meaning you can use another configurable soft-phone or your own configurable ATA phone adapter. …. and FREE In-Network calling between account holders…. just like Skype.
And, for those who are Bandwidth Challenged, CallCentric soft-phone will work over PC with a “Dial-up” Internet connection, as well as highspeed…. not many VoIP services can claim that…
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You have to be careful with voip companies. A couple of them have been in the business for a while and are good.
Start ec has a great international rates including for the philipines.
Best part you can also use it on your cell phone.
If you use vonage, several countries are free.. and of course skype too.
The best VOIP service in N. America today is the one operated by ACN, they are the world leaders in the technology at present. The reason for this is they have more soft ware switches than other companies, principally as they not only offer VOIP but also video phones on the VOIP network.
Later this year the service is being rolled out across Europe as well.
If you would like more information on the service send me an email and I will give you a web address where you can get more information.
The video service won’t be available in the Philippines.
Maybe u should try out the Cordia VOIP Magellan plan at http://www.magnumbers.com/ . Cordia VOIP Magellan plan enable callers to dial the Magellan number that they provided to u and reach u on the landline or mobile phone wherever you are in the world with their local rates.
Or u can try out Cordia VOIP other plans at https://www.cordiaip.com/
They are running a promotion right now where u can enjoy the first month free for all Cordia VOIP plans. The promotion code is AGLEEX182X. But if u forgot to enter this code, u will not enjoy the first month free.
Good luck.