Comments on: Vonage out, Skype back IN/OUT

By: jo

jo — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 01:02:49 +0000

this is helpful. i am considering using skype. in fact, i downloaded it today but have yet to launch it. thanks.

By: Vonage stock heading under $5? » Make You Go Hmm

Vonage stock heading under $5? » Make You Go Hmm — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:44:34 +0000

[…] Things continue to go miserably on the Vonage stock front, see Google finance for VG, where January has seen the stock at the lowest point to date. While we still use one Vonage business account with fax in our offline business we moved to Skype for our online biz last summer. I wonder how many other Vonage customers have left for other VoIP solutions either partially like us or completely? […]

By: Make You Go Hmm: » Dropped Skype calls when other calls come in

Make You Go Hmm: » Dropped Skype calls when other calls come in — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 02:08:19 +0000

[…] Five times today this happened and it’s made me rethink if having Skype for a business line is a serious mistake. Is it stable enough? Or is it just my system that’s not stable? Lately we’ve been having trouble listening to our Skype voice mail and if we’re talking to somebody and somebody else calls in then it drops the call almost every time. […]

By: Make You Go Hmm: » Skype click to call from web pages in real world use

Make You Go Hmm: » Skype click to call from web pages in real world use — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 20:50:21 +0000

[…] We’ve since returned the phone I reviewed (stopped working) and are currently using a headset. Best Buy has a USB powered device that allows plugging in any standard phone for like $50 that we’re planning to buy. In the meantime, I’m getting used to using the phone and computer as one. […]

By: Make You Go Hmm: » How to get a blogger’s attention

Make You Go Hmm: » How to get a blogger’s attention — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 20:09:42 +0000

[…] 2. via RSS using my name or relevant website name. Link to me and/or mention my name “TDavid” somewhere and I’ll see it most likely). Example, Gerald linked to me Friday referencing my concerns about the environment. In a few words, he illustrated he remembered a concern of mine. This works well for me. 3. An IM inside Second Life. I am currently deeply involved in trying to figure out how to blend our online business with SL. Therefore, this opens the door for other bloggers with similar interests to contact me through SL. One of my friends started blogging recently for a blog network about SL and we talk occasionally about bloggable topics. I’ve talked to Eric Rice more in SL than in Skype, although I have him in both contact areas. We’ve exchanged a few links on some posts. I’m pretty sure if he was doing something cool he’d IM me in SL. He let me know about the first SL Barcamp and it was welcomed. Hopefully the feeling is mutual. 4. A brief Skype IM. Now that our office is using full time Skype VoIP this means we can be contacted via IM or voice using Skype. My preference is IM for short things like here’s a link. It’s hard to give a link using voice (”read that URL to me” is clumsy) and if someone Skypes me with voice to say they have something to show me I’m just going to ask them to send me the link via Skype chat anyway. No need to waste either of our time, just hit me up in the chat with the following information: […]

By: Dave Moss

Dave Moss — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 06:09:47 +0000

I had persuaded my Mother to sign up with Vonage and regret doing so. She received the equipment to hook up and then was told it would not work with a DVR. She was charged the initial fee and closing fee plus an additional fee totaling over $100 for something she could never use. I am really disapointed with Vonage and have no intentions of persuing there service. I am a bit interested in SKYPE and was told about this by my brother in law. Thanks for your you informative article.

By: Kara

Kara — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 15:34:23 +0000

One thing to note is for some reason when we first got the phone we had no trouble calling out but then we couldn’t successfully dial out, after researching this problem I found that in order to dial out via this skype phone you need to dial a “+” and then your number ie +12068880000

By: TDavid

TDavid — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 17:45:46 +0000

Yeah, that’s possible. They aren’t too far away, fortunately. I’d rather take something back to a store than wait online for it to be exchanged (like the ring my wife bought online). There are still people bashing on their Reward Zone program and we’ve had good experience with that.

By: Sterling Camden

Sterling Camden — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 17:39:33 +0000

Maybe Best Buy’s return procedure is so smooth because it gets lots of exercise.