I’m thinking about switching to Vonage for my home phone service? I’ve read that the quality of the sound isn’t all that good. But I’ve also read that it is on par with regular copper wire phone service?
It works fine in terms of voice quality however there are instances when the service stops due to internet connection and then you got to trouble shoot and all. I think that the voice quality from the voice data traveling over the internet would not be really good because they have to go far distances and as they go they lose their quality. You might as well go to your phone and check it rather than turning on your computer, connecting to the internet and then checking your voice mail. There’s also this scenario where the satellite could fail and that means the service is gone and a lot of other things. The sound may break up if you are not near the base, say within 20 feet, if you are not near the base.
But in totality, the service is as good as your internet connection. If you have problems like static background and gargling-like audio, you might think like changing your ISP and compare the results. Anyway Vonage has great features like if the net goes down, it automatically forwards all your call to your mobile phone until service is back on. And on top of that you don’t have to worry about long distance either. One thing you need to be making sure is you set up the 911 dialing properly.