VOIPO - $130 per year phone service

Does VOIPO they have the 911 capability? Thx

Is this like Sunrocket?

Racerbob said: I shall stick with my $19.95 a year MagicJack. Been working great since we got it last November !

Agreed, we use our cell phones for most calls, but MagicJack works awesome for what we use i.. I was totally surprised, and expected to take it back before the 30 day money back guarantees up.

I am now with Vonage, but hate doing the year phone service for 1 main reason.

I was a sunrocket customer, and was stuck in a major way when they went out of business, I know there were many FW that went down with me, and also many friends and family that we brought with us.

Personally I will not go to a VOIP unless there are some deep pockets behind them. (Yeah I know Vonage does not have that deep of pockets, but still they are decent in size).

Just a warning at the time Sunrocket was #2, and went down quickly in a burning pile of flames.

glenatuf said: Can you (or others too) please share your hardware setup? Do you use SIP soft phones, linksys PAP2s? I haven't gotten my feet wet with voip really except for Skype and soft phones. But I'm looking to replace a lot of expensive landlines...at a small business and at a couple of homes.

I use a previous SunRocket unlocked InnoMedia 6328 connected to a regular 3 handset phone. It has 2 phone jacks so I think I can use it for a second line if I wanted to but I've never tried. It's setup to a gizmoproject account. I use to have service outages where I couldn't connect to the SIP server but over the past year, its been pretty good uptime. To be clear, it was the provider, not the hardware. Call quality is usually pretty clear on a 768/256kbps connection. In the past when I had asked SunRocket, their technicians told me 100kbps up and down per line should be sufficient.

I use to have a $10 prepaid balance with gizmoproject but didn't realize the calling cards expired after a year. Because I feel duped by them, I haven't bought another calling card and only use it for incoming calls which is free. If I want to call someone and think it will be a long call, I initiate it with a google voice conference call which calls both my party and the land line and counts as an incoming call.

glenatuf said: Thanks OP...good info.

Can you (or others too) please share your hardware setup? Do you use SIP soft phones, linksys PAP2s? I haven't gotten my feet wet with voip really except for Skype and soft phones. But I'm looking to replace a lot of expensive landlines...at a small business and at a couple of homes.

Thanks!
-Glen

I have a regular phone. VOIPO uses a Linksys PAP2T telephone adapter. The setup terminal online suggests softphone support

Sunrocket failing was rather disappointing. Luckily a few other voip companies stepped up and took care of us victims. Now I run a MagicJack. For $20 a year it works great. If I was paying more I might complain a little. The issue I have is that from time to time the software gets unstable and the MagicJack has to be rebooted. On a very rare occasion I have to reboot the pc. The feature I love the most is my messages going to my email account. Earlier this week I got invited to google voice. That makes my setup even better with a second number linked to my MagicJack

Can I send fax with the MagicJack? All I needed is a line to send fax sometimes since I use my cell phone most of the time anyway. Don't even need a home phone.

Qeyabe said: I am now with Vonage, but hate doing the year phone service for 1 main reason.

I was a sunrocket customer, and was stuck in a major way when they went out of business, I know there were many FW that went down with me, and also many friends and family that we brought with us.

Personally I will not go to a VOIP unless there are some deep pockets behind them. (Yeah I know Vonage does not have that deep of pockets, but still they are decent in size).

Just a warning at the time Sunrocket was #2, and went down quickly in a burning pile of flames.
Same here brother.

dvpatel said: TheXung said: glenatuf said: Can you (or others too) please share your hardware setup? Do you use SIP soft phones, linksys PAP2s? I haven't gotten my feet wet with voip really except for Skype and soft phones. But I'm looking to replace a lot of expensive landlines...at a small business and at a couple of homes.

I use a previous SunRocket unlocked InnoMedia 6328 connected to a regular 3 handset phone. It has 2 phone jacks so I think I can use it for a second line if I wanted to but I've never tried. It's setup to a gizmoproject account. I use to have service outages where I couldn't connect to the SIP server but over the past year, its been pretty good uptime. To be clear, it was the provider, not the hardware. Call quality is usually pretty clear on a 768/256kbps connection. In the past when I had asked SunRocket, their technicians told me 100kbps up and down per line should be sufficient.

I use to have a $10 prepaid balance with gizmoproject but didn't realize the calling cards expired after a year. Because I feel duped by them, I haven't bought another calling card and only use it for incoming calls which is free. If I want to call someone and think it will be a long call, I initiate it with a google voice conference call which calls both my party and the land line and counts as an incoming call.

Is that still working? I don't get incoming calls any more on that setup and googling revealed that gizmo changed their terms and now the phone won't ring any more.

Yes it still works. But I guess it still works because people only call the google voice number? I dunno. Google voice/GrandCentral seems to have extra integration with GizmoProject; maybe that why it still completes?

The strange thing is I've never been able to complete a call to the gizmo project number from a Tmobile number.

i just used my old sunrocket gizmo and signed up for www.callcentric.com

dman6666 said: I've been using it for a couple months now, works well and their support has been excellent. Who knows how long that'll last.

I also switched from callvantage and avoided OOMA due to the TOS (limits around minutes) as well as a few other negatives (like the large up-front cost).

VOIPO was pretty low to get started, even the 1yr subscription isn't much of an up-front risk. I'm 2 Months in, if the service lasts another month or so (and I see no reason why it wouldn't) I'll still be saving money over some established alternatives. After that it's gravy.

I have been using ooma for 4 months (switched from CallVantage) and its a great service with zero problems. In case some people don't already know it by now, limited minutes are there to prevent commercial abuse and will never affect personal use.

What large upfront cost? I bought mine for $180 after PM & coupon at Staples and even if you don't have coupon it can be found for around $200 so I would hardly consider $70 more a "large" up front cost. Besides, the whole point is you pay little more up front and do not EVER have to pay another cent. Granted, this will end if/when ooma goes belly up but hey thats a risk you take with any VOIP provider.

Anybody else out here can provide some more reviews of VOIPO... I will not go OOMA or any prepaid service way, already bit by Sunrocket once. Looking for a low month cost service with no upfront fees or cancellation fees which VOIPO has it all...

Thanks Shank, really appreciate your comments.

MISURICK said: green op! can't figure out how much would second line cost
The 2nd line is free, but a 2nd number is $36/year. The setup automatically activates both ports on the adapter under the same number. You can then add a virtual number and using the web vPanel, assign the virtual number to the 2nd port on the adapter.
I've been using VOIPo for about a month and am satisfied so far. I didn't port my existing numbers until I was satisfied with the service.
VOIPo offers toll-free numbers for $36/year with 100 incoming minutes per month. Also, remote local numbers for $36/year with 300 incoming minutes. Both can be purchased without any other service. Remote local is like a virtual number, but can be forwarded to any number, not just your home number. Toll-free number can also be forwarded to any number.

talking about the stability, I have been using tmobile at home service with my comcast and has been perfect for more than a year now. with 15% discount it comes out to be $8.5+tax+fees

I've had voipo since Jan and for the first month and a half I had problems until they switched my box to a Linksys PAP2T. Never had a problem since. They come highly recommended on the voip review sites and have pretty good customer service. I will renew for a year again in Jan.

exppii said: I'm interested in this-- AT&T charges $30 a month per line for two lines, and I've just been hit with a fraudulent billing scheme that I have to sort out.

Phone Power
looks good, but my main concern is that my number is a 30+ year business number I have no desire to lose. It seems that porting it to this VOIP business carries a significant risk of losing control of it if you want to switch providers or if this one goes under. Is it worth it?

Phone Power
is owned by the same people as DSL Extreme, which is THE primary alternative ISP to the major telcos, using the telcos own system. No guarantees, but they have been around for more than 10 years now, and have an excellent reputation.

I have been using Voipo.com for about 6 months. I only had one issue where I had to call in and they had me reset the SIP box.