Friday, July 4, 2008

Top Reasons For Using Vonage Broadband Services

By Ray Lam

Presumably the most well known VoIP service provider today is Vonage. Their service providers offer a inexpensive voice calling service via your broadband internet connection. Although, additional charges may be applied based on the monthly plan the user select.

What is Vonage and how does it differ from your landline connection? For a start, you must have a broadband connection, preferably cable-based; a dial-up is no good. When you call Vonage customer service for a connection, Vonage sends you a tiny box, which you have to plug to your telephone and your cable modem or DSL. You are now set to start a Vonage conversation. With a Vonage connection, you have access to your telephone through your computer and the broadband connection. The other big difference from a traditional phone service is cost effectiveness; with a Vonage, you can cut your telephone bill significantly, and converse worldwide by buying local telephone numbers from Vonage.

Vonage offers a set of four monthly packages for all calls in the US, Canada, and Puerto Rico: a premium unlimited offer at US$24.99, a basic plan of 500 minutes at US$14.99, a small-business unlimited package at US$49.99, and a basic small-business offer of 1500 minutes at US$39.99. For calls from the US to other world destinations, there is a nominal per-minute rate applicable, which is well below what you would pay to your landline service provider. For example, for a minute's call to Mumbai (India), you need to pay only US$0.17; for a call to the UK, it is as low as US$0.04 per minute.

Recently, broadband phone provider, Vonage was rated the biggest single online advertiser, serving in the United States. Companies providing VoIP solution related services, such as Vonage are quickly expanding to meet the future demands of the telecommunication world needs for efficient and cheaper ways to communicate whether it may be from home or business.

Some of the the features that are provided by Vonage are; An unlisted telephone number, Call waiting, callerID, Call forwarding, 7-digit dialing, An innovative voicemail feature, Repeat dial, and Dynamic periodic feature updates. Vonage also provides a upgrade of features as well as unlimited international calling to most of Western Europe. It currently offers new customer's a fourteen day money back guarantee if you are unhappy with their service package. Vonage Small Business will provide your business with a dedicated fax line with 500 local and long distance minutes of outgoing fax service to the US (including Puerto Rico) and Canada, plus unlimited incoming faxes each month. Vonage clearly provides customer friendly VoIP solutions for all users who are seeking a cost efficient means for their daily teleconference needs.

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