Best VOIP provider?
CmdrWestside:
Just discovered that Google Voice isn't going to be available...
Any suggestions on a replacement VOIP provider? A lot of people might be interested in the near future.
gderf:
There is no 'best' one. There are many to choose from with all varying prices, call routing, feature set etc. So you are going to get numerous recommendations which you'll have to evaluate for yourself.
Good luck.
sunmercury:
I certainly am interested in the answer. My browsing in this forum returns a few commons: callcentric, anveo, voip.ms, localphone, and callwithus.
From the US point of view, localphone seems to be the cheapest at .5 c us outgoing rate, while the rest is around 1c. Callcentric seems to be the most expensive at 2c, though they do provide free incoming DID.
I have not used any of the services (and do not plan to till May 2014) to know more about call quality and reliability. Hopefully some others in the forum can give us more insight ...
ProfTech:
I'll throw my 2 cents worth in. I've tried just about all of the ones you mentioned. Used Callcentric for about two years. Your observation that they may be slightly more expensive may be correct. However, for ease of setting up I don't think they can be beat. You can choose pay-as-you go or a package deal. If you take a package 911 is included. If not, it is $1.50 per month. Call quality and reliability are both good.
If you don't care about 911 CallWithUs seems to have good call quailty. I haven't used them enough to determine reliability. They are strictly pay-as-you-go [outbound] but you pay zero each month except for the calls you make. I plan on using them for outbound sometime in the future.
I recently set up with Anveo. There is no question they have lots of features but you may find their web page and setting up your service to be daunting. Call quality seems very good. I'll be able to make a better judgement after I use it for 90 days.
I tried LocalPhone, Voip.MS, and two or 3 others and didn't find the service to be acceptable.
Just my observations.
Johnny:
My views.
I have paid accounts at Callcentric, Voip.ms and an unpaid account set up at Anveo.
Price wise: Voip.ms seems to me to be the cheapest.
Easiest website and set up: Callcentric
Support: All offer pretty good support, although in my case Voip.ms went the extra mile and really helped me with issues I was having on all voip accounts, whereas Callcentric couldn't help with the issues.
I was going to pay for an account at Anveo, but their features and terminology and especially their website left me thoroughly confused. Shouldn't be that hard?
I've been told that Anveo is geared toward the business community. Maybe they're smarter in the business community. :)
Voip.ms is offering free porting and their prices are excellent. Their website was a little tricky at first but after using it for awhile I am not having any problems with it.
Callcentric as I noted has the easiest website to navigate and the features are pretty easy to figure out. Their support while very fast, was not always effective, at least not in my case.
Their prices and porting fees are not as competitive as the others and when I tried to get Callcentric to match some of what the other providers were offering, I was told that they were unable to do so.
With Voip.ms I found that they will work with you in most cases, so in that regard, they are more flexible than Callcentric.
Bottom line: All providers are dirt cheap in my opinion, and support is pretty good as well. Heck, try a few different ones like I have and then you will be better able to make a decision.
Good luck...................
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