[Asterisk-Users] Vonage

[John Todd]

>If you ask via e-mail they tell you always have to return the ATA when you
>cancel the service.  A better way is to go to Amazon
>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00007MHMN/qid=1046125367/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/104-8779835-3569553?v=glance&s=electronics
>&n=507846  (search for "Vonage" if this link does not work)
>and get it for $99.99.  As long as you never sign up for their service they
>can't make you return the ATA.  There is talk Vonage is going to change
>their TOS and pricing soon so some of this may change.
>
>Or you could try a DTA-310 from www.packet8.com it does SIP and
>they do not require you to return it.

Yes, but they don't give you the username and password to their 
account (they replied to me today with that statement) so you'll get 
stuck paying $x.xx for however long their contract is, and I'm sure 
they won't give you the instructions for SIP diddling with their 
proprietary DTA-310 box.  Though I do note that they have a $5/mo 
service, which makes me wonder what their ROI is on that equipment 
for customers who don't have any PSTN minutes on their account... $5 
a month isn't much to make up for equipment.   Best to check the 
small print before you do anything with them.

JT


>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Brian Johnson" <bjohnson at jecinc.on.ca>
>To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
>Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 4:21 PM
>Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Vonage
>
>
>>  Anybody looked into the ATA 186 available from vonage?
>>
>>  It isn't available to me (in Canada), but I thought it might interest some
>>  of you.
>>
>>  It looks as though you can sign up for $40 (there is a web page with a $40
>>  rebate form) and get a  ATA 186
>>
>>  It doesn't say how many months you have to subscribe or whether you can keep
>>  the hardware ...
>>
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