RE: [spiers] Cancelling AOL
I’m with a company called Mpower. There rate is $26.00 unlimited calling;
but the taxes almost double the bill.
I've seen the Vonage commercials and was wondering if you can tell me how to
find out about all the taxes that will be charged at the end of my billing
with Vonage.
Thanks.
Todd Silverstein
-----Original Message-----
From: spiers@yahoogroups.com [mailto:spiers@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
sourcesf
Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 3:14 PM
To: spiers@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [spiers] Cancelling AOL
Regarding the phone service, I was so disenchanted with SBC that I
switched to Vonage (may be the same as your reference to Comcast) while
keeping my same number. http://www.vonage.com
My monthly bill is only around $27 after taxes (flat rate) and I have
unlimited free long distance calling throughout the US and Canada.
Int'l rates are very good as well and the quality is basically the same
as on my regular old phone line. However, if I wanted to make long
calls China for example, I would still use a Chinese calling card.
Vonage charges 6-10 cents depending on the city (4 cents in HK), but a
calling card can be as cheap as 1.8 cents per minute with no connection
fee.
This may not be for everyone though. An internet broadband connect is
required (maybe a lot of us already have that, not sure). Also, if the
local power or your internet service goes down so does your phone
connection.
The pluses for me are actually more than the price, however. Not only
can I manage my account bill and activity online easily. I also get
several of the services my local phone company would charge extra to
me. Also, I can temporarily setup call forwarding to my cell phone (or
whatever) whenever I'm away OR I can have incoming calls simulaneously
ring to my cell or other phones to ensure that I receive important
calls.
The last cool thing I wanted to mention is that I can bring my Vonage
phone adapter with me on Int'l trips and connect it to anywhere (like
my hotel) that has an internet connection. I can make and receive
calls as if they are local to my home! To me, this is the coolest part
(although I haven't had the chance to do this yet).
So, I apologize for the long message. But, I'm happy to do anything
that bypasses monopolistic pricing companies. So, for me Vonage is a
nice solution at the moment. As things will certainly continue to
change rapidly in this industry, we'll see what comes about.
Take care,
Victor
--- John Spiers
> Folks,
>
> I am tidying up at year end, and I am getting rid of aol.com, a
> service I've been with from way
> back... but now they have gotten so bad, my main complaint is for $24
> they make me wait a
> long time to load ads before I can see my email... so if you have an
> email for me, make sure it
> is john@johnspiers.com...wileyccc@aol.com is going away.
>
> Also years ago, I got very cheap long distance thru aol, via
> www.talk.com. I checked my
> account today and learned I have been paying about $45 in taxes EACH
> MONTH for 2 or 3
> dollars in long distance service. Well, since I've switched to
> comcast for long distance, and
> contracted a flat rate, I don't think I'll get nailed again. In case
> you find this unbelievable, I've
> posted the bill at the group website...
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiers/files/ ...
>
> Apparently, every govt entity is piling on taxes on telephone bills
> for new, unnoticed
> revenues.
>
> Well, I'll be saving some $600 this coming year cancelling
> talkamerica long distance... you
> may want to examine your telephone bills closely.
>
> JohnRE: [spiers] Cancelling AOL
I’m with a company called Mpower. There rate is $26.00 unlimited calling;
but the taxes almost double the bill.
I've seen the Vonage commercials and was wondering if you can tell me how to
find out about all the taxes that will be charged at the end of my billing
with Vonage.
Thanks.
Todd Silverstein
-----Original Message-----
From: spiers@yahoogroups.com [mailto:spiers@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
sourcesf
Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 3:14 PM
To: spiers@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [spiers] Cancelling AOL
Regarding the phone service, I was so disenchanted with SBC that I
switched to Vonage (may be the same as your reference to Comcast) while
keeping my same number. http://www.vonage.com
My monthly bill is only around $27 after taxes (flat rate) and I have
unlimited free long distance calling throughout the US and Canada.
Int'l rates are very good as well and the quality is basically the same
as on my regular old phone line. However, if I wanted to make long
calls China for example, I would still use a Chinese calling card.
Vonage charges 6-10 cents depending on the city (4 cents in HK), but a
calling card can be as cheap as 1.8 cents per minute with no connection
fee.
This may not be for everyone though. An internet broadband connect is
required (maybe a lot of us already have that, not sure). Also, if the
local power or your internet service goes down so does your phone
connection.
The pluses for me are actually more than the price, however. Not only
can I manage my account bill and activity online easily. I also get
several of the services my local phone company would charge extra to
me. Also, I can temporarily setup call forwarding to my cell phone (or
whatever) whenever I'm away OR I can have incoming calls simulaneously
ring to my cell or other phones to ensure that I receive important
calls.
The last cool thing I wanted to mention is that I can bring my Vonage
phone adapter with me on Int'l trips and connect it to anywhere (like
my hotel) that has an internet connection. I can make and receive
calls as if they are local to my home! To me, this is the coolest part
(although I haven't had the chance to do this yet).
So, I apologize for the long message. But, I'm happy to do anything
that bypasses monopolistic pricing companies. So, for me Vonage is a
nice solution at the moment. As things will certainly continue to
change rapidly in this industry, we'll see what comes about.
Take care,
Victor
--- John Spiers
> Folks,
>
> I am tidying up at year end, and I am getting rid of aol.com, a
> service I've been with from way
> back... but now they have gotten so bad, my main complaint is for $24
> they make me wait a
> long time to load ads before I can see my email... so if you have an
> email for me, make sure it
> is john@johnspiers.com...wileyccc@aol.com is going away.
>
> Also years ago, I got very cheap long distance thru aol, via
> www.talk.com. I checked my
> account today and learned I have been paying about $45 in taxes EACH
> MONTH for 2 or 3
> dollars in long distance service. Well, since I've switched to
> comcast for long distance, and
> contracted a flat rate, I don't think I'll get nailed again. In case
> you find this unbelievable, I've
> posted the bill at the group website...
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiers/files/ ...
>
> Apparently, every govt entity is piling on taxes on telephone bills
> for new, unnoticed
> revenues.
>
> Well, I'll be saving some $600 this coming year cancelling
> talkamerica long distance... you
> may want to examine your telephone bills closely.
>
> John
Monday, January 2, 2006
Cancelling AOL
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