Using VoIP to replace a land line

PhotoJim · 15-06-2009, 18:46

MagicJack is a low-end voice service and probably uses very aggressive compression. That's how it can include long distance for free.

Quality depends on what you pay. I find some VoIP services are indistinguishable from POTS (landlines) and others are awful.

Vonage is reasonably good if you want a prearranged solution. I created my own by getting a Linksys PAP2 box (unlocked) and getting accounts with les.net and voip.ms. That way I have full control over what hardware or software I use. I don't get unlimited calls but the per-minute rate is very low.

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PhotoJim (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 389 Join Date: 10 Dec 2006 Location: Regina, SK, CA Country:	15-06-2009, 18:46 MagicJack is a low-end voice service and probably uses very aggressive compression. That's how it can include long distance for free. Quality depends on what you pay. I find some VoIP services are indistinguishable from POTS (landlines) and others are awful. Vonage is reasonably good if you want a prearranged solution. I created my own by getting a Linksys PAP2 box (unlocked) and getting accounts with les.net and voip.ms. That way I have full control over what hardware or software I use. I don't get unlimited calls but the per-minute rate is very low. CA: SaskTel, Wind postpaid; Rogers, Bell postpaid iPad flex plans; US: T-Mobile postpaid data, prepaid voice; PureTalk (AT&T MVNO) prepaid voice/data; AT&T prepaid iPad plan Hardware: Too much but notably iPhone 5, iPad Mini Retina LTE, Moto G LTE (N.A. version), iPhone 4. All unlocked.