Poll What service will you use after XMPP goes away on May 15, 2014?
carl:
Quote from: dircom on March 17, 2014, 10:36:01 am
Quote from: carl on March 17, 2014, 08:11:15 am
That's very unfortunate. I have very little patience with sleazy business like Vestalink. A lot of people will be surprised down the road.
can you elaborate?
Certainly no insider knowledge. You are talking here about guys who hijack somebody product's name pretending that they are affiliated with it. ( Obivoice) That's bad enough, especially because without that they would not have had any chance.. As an icing on the cake there were all kinds of misleading statements, price changes and what. Also, the financial stability and reliability in the long term is very much foggy and subject to some questions. I get here this Nettalk/Magic Jack feel. But that's everybody's choice. Just absolutely nothing for me.
BlueOcean:
I used Phone Power before I moved to Google/Obi and the service and call quality were very good. Used them for a little over 2 years at $17 a month with their adapter. Unlimited rates were higher then and only moved due to the free Google Obi deal.
I work from home maybe a couple of days a month and do make some business calls to clients and was thinking of going with Vestalink but from I have read on other posts I am a little concerned in the way they watch usage. If they believe you are using a residential line for commercial reasons they can and have canceled accounts. Maybe their lower than most price has something to do with this.
When I was with phone power I was never warned or canceled even when I worked from home for nearly a month due to an injury. Right now I'm leaning towards Phone Power at $60 for the first year and will make a decision around May 10.
Rick:
Quote from: carl on March 17, 2014, 08:25:52 pm
Quote from: dircom on March 17, 2014, 10:36:01 am
Quote from: carl on March 17, 2014, 08:11:15 am
That's very unfortunate. I have very little patience with sleazy business like Vestalink. A lot of people will be surprised down the road.
can you elaborate?
Certainly no insider knowledge. You are talking here about guys who hijack somebody product's name pretending that they are affiliated with it. ( Obivoice) That's bad enough, especially because without that they would not have had any chance.. As an icing on the cake there were all kinds of misleading statements, price changes and what. Also, the financial stability and reliability in the long term is very much foggy and subject to some questions. I get here this Nettalk/Magic Jack feel. But that's everybody's choice. Just absolutely nothing for me.
Agree.
azrobert:
Quote from: carl on March 17, 2014, 08:25:52 pm
Certainly no insider knowledge. You are talking here about guys who hijack somebody product's name pretending that they are affiliated with it. ( Obivoice) That's bad enough, especially because without that they would not have had any chance.. As an icing on the cake there were all kinds of misleading statements, price changes and what. Also, the financial stability and reliability in the long term is very much foggy and subject to some questions. I get here this Nettalk/Magic Jack feel. But that's everybody's choice. Just absolutely nothing for me.
You missed a point. I think they are using a Bait and Switch technique. After a while they started to include "Limited Time Promo" under each plan. Maybe I'm wrong and I didn't see the promo from the beginning. Anyway, they now included a 3/31/14 cutoff date for the promo. We will soon find out what their real prices are.
ceg3:
Maybe you old hands will be proven right in time. Let's hope not for the sake of fellow members. In the meantime, to be fair, PhonePower is calling their approved plans OBi Lite and OBi Unlimited, which I imagine is with the approval of Obihai, but it is what it is.
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