Phone options

[drewan]

We confirmed last night that our cell phones won't work in the new house. The seller, who also has Cingular, told us that there appears to be a several block dead zone in that area for Cingular service.

Now I'm looking at home phone solutions. Vonage looks pretty good, and cheaper than the Digital Phone service from Time Warner.

Those of you that use Vonage... how do you like it? Any comments or suggestions?

Edit: Oh cool... just found a possible way to use my Windows Mobile 2005 device as a soft phone with Vonage. This solution uses software from SJ Labs.. Oh... wait... it appears that they don't have a version for WM 2005 yet, just 2002 or 2003. But the next version whould have 2005.

Second Edit: Ah... it appears they have the WM 5 client in public beta right now. Here is the info.

Comments

[randomcub.livejournal.com]

I like vonage ok, but they have a dead spot at MY house.

You should have friends with various cel carriers come over and test the coverage in your house.

[drewan.livejournal.com]

Vonage is a Voice over IP solution (VoIP). It works using your own home's internet connection. So I'm not clear how your house would have a dead spot with vonage.

[randomcub.livejournal.com]

Ooohh, ok. Never mind. We also have vonage but I saw the V and immediately my brain went "Verizon!"

[drewan.livejournal.com]

Not that you're blond or anything.

[randomcub.livejournal.com]

As if!