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Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Sajan, Oct 14, 2010.

  1. Sajan

    Sajan Member

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    So my parents still live in 1992 and want to keep their home phone to make calls to India. Currently it's ATT (33 cents a min with a 5 dollar plan) as the default but they use a calling card (5 cents or less) to avoid ATT.

    Any suggestions?
     
    #1 Sajan, Oct 14, 2010
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    would they be opposed to using skype?
     
    #2 da_juice, Oct 14, 2010
  3. The Captain

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    VOIP?
     
    #3 The Captain, Oct 14, 2010
  4. rockbox

    rockbox Around before clutchcity.com

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    I use Vonage. It works great and I get free calls to most countries I call.
     
    #4 rockbox, Oct 14, 2010
  5. Luckyazn

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    Is there a way to lose the home phone

    and still get the fax machine to work.

    My bro has the EFax online 1-800 but that's too complicated for my parents.

    They dont use their home phone, but just for fax.
     
    #5 Luckyazn, Oct 14, 2010
  6. The Captain

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    You still need the phone line. It would be easier to teach them how to use efax than to set up a network enabled fax gizmo.
     
    #6 The Captain, Oct 14, 2010
  7. ItsMyFault

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    Best VOIP is Ooma. I've been a previous customer of Vonage and MagicJack and for the price and call quality, I believe Ooma trumps both in both categories. Check it out...
     
    #7 ItsMyFault, Oct 14, 2010
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    Calling card is still the cheapest way to go for those who stick with the old POTS phone lines.
     
    #8 droxford, Oct 14, 2010
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    Vonage. Go with the Vonage World plan for $26/mo (introductory rate of $15 for 3 months) and they can call India and pretty much any European country for free and knock themselves out. Stop wasting your money on AT&T POTS, it's a rip off.
     
    #9 JeopardE, Oct 14, 2010
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