[LUNI] RE: Comcast bundle question (Mike Hencin)
Michael Hencin
mhencin at yahoo.com
Thu Feb 14 15:31:06 CST 2008
I have Vonage and am very happy with them. I also have ATT broadband with some static IP that run me about $50 a month. Again happy with the service, but am in the market for something cheaper.
As to Skype I want to describe my setup as I think its perfect and amazing cheap. I got skype pro and a Skype IN number. This way I have a phone number anyone can call. I can make calls to the us/canada to land line as well. I bought a Phillips VOIP 841. This is basically a cordless phone that uses skype. I LOVE it. It does not need a pc, you just plug it into your network and enter your skype acct inormation. Then you can not only make calls to skype people but land line as well. It works for all purposes just like my Vonage phone. Only reason I keep vonage is I also have a fax number with them.
I Highly recommend the Skype route. The phone will run about $120 or so maybe $99. I got mine on Amazon. Skype PRO with all the above I mentioned runs about $3 a month. So thats only about $30 a year! Can't beat that!
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Re:
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ANN:
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Meeting
Saturday
February
16th
at
3pm
(Kevin
Harriss)
4.
RE:
Comcast
bundle
question
(Mike
Scott)
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Message:
1
Date:
Wed,
13
Feb
2008
17:38:15
-0600
From:
uteck
<theuteck at gmail.com>
Subject:
Re:
[LUNI]
Comcast
bundle
question
To:
Linux
Users
Of
Northern
Illinois
-
Technical
Discussion
<luni at luni.org>
Message-ID:
<200802131738.16102.theuteck at gmail.com>
Content-Type:
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charset="iso-8859-1"
On
Wednesday
13
February
2008
8:24:24
am
Andrew
Close
wrote:
>
On
Feb
12,
2008
11:48
PM,
Brian
Sobolak
<sobolak at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
>
On
Feb
12,
2008
10:02
PM,
Eric
MacAdie
<eric at macadie.net>
wrote:
>
>
>
I
hope
nobody
regards
this
as
prying:
but
does
anybody
on
the
list
get
>
>
>
phone
and
broadband
from
Comcast?
What
does
it
cost?
>
>
>
>
>
>
Right
now
I
have
broadband,
and
it
costs
$60/month.
I
am
considering
>
>
>
getting
the
phone
package
as
well.
I
do
not
have
a
TV
and
am
not
>
>
>
interested
in
cable.
>
>
>
>
>
>
I
looked
on
Comcast's
site,
and
I
was
not
able
to
determine
>
>
>
definitively
what
a
phone
and
broadband
bundle
would
cost.
I
am
>
>
>
interested
in
knowing
the
real
price,
not
the
introductory
price.
>
>
>
>
Have
you
looked
into
Speakeasy?
They
do
a
better
job
of
bundling
DSL
>
>
and
VOIP
than
speakeasy
does
(imho).
Comcast
had
faster
downloads,
>
>
but
I
generally
preferred
the
VOIP
from
Speakeasy.
Also,
their
>
>
customer
service
was
good;
Comcast's
totally
stinks.
>
>
>
>
If
it
matters
to
you,
Speakeasy
has
free
landline
calls
to
many
places
>
>
in
the
world;
Comcast
charges
like
an
old
school
long
distance
>
>
company.
>
>
if
it's
available
in
your
area,
you
could
look
into
WOW
(Wide
Open
>
West)
Cable.
they
have
a
package
similar
to
the
Comcast
Triple
Play
>
for
$99/month
until
2009
or
2010..?
>
i
switched
from
Comcast
Internet
to
WOW
Internet
&
Cable
because
my
>
Comcast
Internet
connection
kept
dropping
and
behaving
strangely.
>
i've
been
with
WOW
for
about
three/four
months
now
and
have
been
happy
>
with
their
level
of
service.
Have
you
looked
at
Vonage?
I
have
been
satisfied
with
them
for
years.
I
use
WOW
for
internet
and
they
provide
3
IP's
so
I
run
the
line
from
the
cable
modem
into
a
switch
which
supplies
my
phone
adapter
and
my
router.
I
used
to
leave
the
phone
behind
the
router,
but
I
have
the
touch
of
death
on
routers
and
have
killed
5
in
the
last
few
years.
I
have
heard
good
things
for
Skype,
but
I
have
not
used
them.
You
can
always
give
them
a
try
without
any
long
commitment.
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Message:
2
Date:
Thu,
14
Feb
2008
08:14:56
-0600
From:
"Andrew
Close"
<aclose at gmail.com>
Subject:
Re:
[LUNI]
Comcast
bundle
question
To:
"Linux
Users
Of
Northern
Illinois
-
Technical
Discussion"
<luni at luni.org>
Message-ID:
<d8be87680802140614h76c7810bgd62c2a438e1d44a at mail.gmail.com>
Content-Type:
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charset=ISO-8859-1
On
Wed,
Feb
13,
2008
at
5:38
PM,
uteck
<theuteck at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
Have
you
looked
at
Vonage?
I
have
been
satisfied
with
them
for
years.
I
use
>
WOW
for
internet
and
they
provide
3
IP's
so
I
run
the
line
from
the
cable
>
modem
into
a
switch
which
supplies
my
phone
adapter
and
my
router.
I
used
to
>
leave
the
phone
behind
the
router,
but
I
have
the
touch
of
death
on
routers
>
and
have
killed
5
in
the
last
few
years.
i
mentioned
that
i
use
WOW
as
my
internet/cable
provider
now.
i
didn't
mention
that
i
too
use
Vonage
and
have
been
very
happy
with
their
service
for
over
three
years
now.
;)
--
Andrew
Close
------------------------------
Message:
3
Date:
Tue,
12
Feb
2008
15:12:03
-0600
From:
Kevin
Harriss
<special.kevin at gmail.com>
Subject:
[LUNI]
ANN:
Chicago
GNU/Linux
User
Group
Meeting
Saturday
February
16th
at
3pm
To:
Chicago
Linux
Discuss
<chicagolinux-discuss at chicagolug.org>,
ChicagoTeam
<ubuntu-us-chicago at lists.ubuntu.com>,
chicagolinux-announce at chicagolug.org,
luni-announce at luni.org,
dlc at mailman.depaul.edu
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The
Chicago
GNU/Linux
User
Group
will
be
having
a
meeting
on
Saturday,
February
16th
at
3:00
pm.
We
will
be
meeting
at
the
Institute
of
Design
on
the
2nd
Floor
Room
202,
350
N.
LaSalle,
(http://tinyurl.com/34gkzt).
For
more
information
check
out
our
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at
http://www.chicagolug.org
or
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What:
Chicago
GNU/Linux
User
Group
Meeting
When:
Saturday,
February
16th
@
3:00
pm
Where:
Institute
of
Design,
350
N.
LaSalle
2nd
Floor
(http://tinyurl.com/34gkzt)
Presentations
(Subject
to
Change)
-
Introduction
to
AJAX
(Luca
Matteis)
-
TBD
(Jason
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Date:
Thu,
14
Feb
2008
12:42:10
-0700
From:
Mike
Scott
<luni at pyewacket.org>
Subject:
RE:
[LUNI]
Comcast
bundle
question
To:
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-
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Same
here.
WOW
for
cable
TV
&
Internet,
Vonage
for
phone.
They
have
unlimited
calling
(local/long
distance)
or
500
minute/month
packages.
I
like
the
fact
they
don't
treat
local
and
long
distance
differently
(the
phone
companies
cling
to
this
obsolete
model
because
they
make
a
ton
of
money
from
it).
I
don't
know
if
WOW
phone
does,
but
I
have
heard
Commie-cast
does
and
at
one
time
even
tried
to
use
the
Illinois
Bell
scam
of
A-B-C
band
calls
charging
more
for
local
than
LD.
Plus
a
ton
of
features
like
you
can
have
your
voicemail
messages
sent
to
you
as
an
MP3
attached
to
an
email
message,
or
have
several
phones
ring
(work/cell)
when
someone
calls
your
Vonage
number.
-
Mike
Scott
>
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Message
--------
>
Subject:
Re:
[LUNI]
Comcast
bundle
question
>
From:
"Andrew
Close"
<aclose at gmail.com>
>
Date:
Thu,
February
14,
2008
8:14
am
>
To:
"Linux
Users
Of
Northern
Illinois
-
Technical
Discussion"
>
<luni at luni.org>
>
>
>
On
Wed,
Feb
13,
2008
at
5:38
PM,
uteck
<theuteck at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
>
>
Have
you
looked
at
Vonage?
I
have
been
satisfied
with
them
for
years.
I
use
>
>
WOW
for
internet
and
they
provide
3
IP's
so
I
run
the
line
from
the
cable
>
>
modem
into
a
switch
which
supplies
my
phone
adapter
and
my
router.
I
used
to
>
>
leave
the
phone
behind
the
router,
but
I
have
the
touch
of
death
on
routers
>
>
and
have
killed
5
in
the
last
few
years.
>
>
i
mentioned
that
i
use
WOW
as
my
internet/cable
provider
now.
i
>
didn't
mention
that
i
too
use
Vonage
and
have
been
very
happy
with
>
their
service
for
over
three
years
now.
;)
>
>
>
--
>
Andrew
Close
>
--
>
Linux
Users
Of
Northern
Illinois
-
Technical
Discussion
>
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