Response from: just a guy in the voip biz (Check me out!)

guys, i would stop chasing the freebies and the bargains. technology costs money - period. ask sunrocket. i sat in a meeting with the sunrocket executives a year ago and was absolutely amazed that they continually stated that their biggest competitor was vonage. when i asked about the cable companies - with very deep pockets, millions of existing customers and huge marketing organizations and budgets - they looked at me like i had two heads. their response was that cable wants to bundle services and therefore will not be price competitive. well, fair enough, but their shit works and they have money. my time warner voip has been absolutely bulletproof for almost two years, zero outages and QoS off the scale - and i'm in the business and i'm very hard to impress. there are more sunrockets out there. play it safe, don't prepay, go with your local cable company.

Response from: Dameon Welch-Abernathy (Check me out!)

I agree with you about choosing your provider carefully. It's advise I'd give anyone in this day and age. Where I'm moving, the local phone company (CenturyTel) provides a very competitive deal on phone service with unlimited long distance and all features. I think the Comcast's "bundle" with Voice, Video, and Internet might be a few bucks cheaper, but I'm not going to quibble over a few bucks. If I can buy the same service with proven landline reliability for only a few bucks more than VoIP, I'm not going to consider the alternative. The peace of mind is worth a few extra dollars.