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10 digit dialing is no big deal once you get used to it. Everyone has had to use it in the Philadelphia area for at least 5 years now. It seems strange to me when I go other places and don't have to dial the area code first, since I am so used to it.

I would be very interested in your comparision of the two services if you do switch to Vonage though. If the quality is just as good, they are the way to go price wise.

I can test with you. Check your private message. I have had no problem with the Skype billing time. A Skype call anywhere in the world to anywhere in North America it is 1.7 euro cents and I buy buckets of $20 euros. I use this on my PDA as a conveniece phone when on trips or if I call during the day where day minutes is limited to 350 mins. on my cell phone. My friend has been using Skype for the past year calling Portugal and Poland and has had no issues. This is more of convenience phone scenerio. The Vonage system would be more of a cell/landline replacement/alternative. There are actually Voip/IP phones that look like cells but are 100% hardware voip. They connect to SIP networks.
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-VOIP+Phones#id515213
http://www.slashphone.com/70/642.html
Not yet really popular but I see it more widespread in the next couple of years as an alternative to cell when cities become city wide wifi. http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=city+wide+wifi&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

Downside, and I should have looked into this beforehand, you have to dial the 10 digit number...this is a bad thing with kids. Vonage has 7 digit local dialing. This could warrant a switch in a month.

We've had 10-digit dialing in NYC for the last 18 months or so. You get used to it very quickly. At any rate, it won't be long before everyone has to do 10-digit dialing. IMO, you might as well get used to it now...!

In Toronto we have been doing 10 digit dialing for a least 5 years now. 416 has ran out so all Greater Metropolitan areas on the outskirts of Toronto went 905 and then when 416 number ran out 647 was created. But calls to 647 and 416 and most 905 are still local calls to each other.

yeah...but I have kids...and they are learning 7 digit dialing....need to make it uniformly the same.

The AT&T VoIP is fully operational at my home now. Seems to be working fine....incoming and outgoing calls. The features are very nice as well.....pretty standard among all VoIP companies.

I finally held my first conversation with someone on VOIP.

I had no idea it was a VOIP line. Just sounded like a good cordless.

Bren R.

Yes...I have had my AT&T VoIP setup now for almost 3 months.....no issues, works great.

voyp has come a long way in the past couple years. My company's HQ is entirely VOIP.

that's a little different though because that is all an internal network. I agree, if I have to set up an office phone system, I would go that route.

The AT&T and Vonage home services require the use of the internet to get your phone call to someone else.