Help: President Of Company Needs Global Coverage

[Bruce_Nicklin]

Originally Posted by DRNewcomb

Bruce,
I'm one of the people who have been talkig about VoiceStick. I've been very happy with the service, but seldom actually use the USB device. My major suggestion is that you don't screw up a good thing. After that, it might be good if the I2Bridge dialthru would recognize more than just one incoming phone number.

I've used VoiceStick with my PC at WiFi hotspots and hotels. I've forwarded my US cell phone to my VoiceStick number and then forwarded that number in turn to phones overseas. I've used the voicemail-to-e-mail feature.

Two possibilities to consider would be to either allow configuration of the forwarding and other functions via WAP or a small, secure J2ME Java aplet. This would make it easier for the highly mobile bunch to make changes while on the move.

Sorry for my delay in responding. I have been on the move. Moved from Calif. to Atlanta, so have been rather distracted.

As to the i2bridge. It is a great thing to have for cell phone calls. Often I hear of huge international rates to call from the USA. There are several "dial around" options, such as using long distance cards or call backs.

But our Voicestick bridge seems to be the quickest way to go "off the cell network" in that most just put there number in speed dial on their cell phone and upon hitting one button they get our VOIP dial tone. No pin numbers, no call backs an such.

And from all the chatter I hear, we have very low rates to most countries, and we also offer the unlimited global plan that allows calling to about 40 countries. It is $25 a month.

The WHY in why we don't offer several numbers to be done inside our bridge is to limit abuse. Seems VOIP companies are sitting ducks for abuse (I could write a book). We allow unlimited minutes with YOUR phone, but not unlimited minutes with several phones. It is the only way we can do a program like this.

So if you want several cell phones to have bridge access, you will need several accounts. We do offer a free "Next 2 Nothing" plan that is a pay per minute plan that has bridge access.

I also might want to mention that we have offered the bridge as a free option for over a year. In Sept. we will begin charging new customers for this service. It is planed to be $5 a month. If you sign up now we will continue to offer existing customers a free bridge for a while longer.

We bear costs to provided the bridge (termination costs) and we are looking to have the $5 meet the cost of providing this awesome feature.

If anyone has a question for me, please post it or email me at bnicklin@i2telecom.com
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