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   From: johnl@iecc.com   
      
   It appears that Mike Rudko  said:   
   >What's the best home voip provider?   
   >I'm ready 2 bail from my LEC.   
      
   This is sort of like asking what's the best restaurant.  What do you want?   
      
   Here's some clues you might give us:   
      
   - What kind of broadband do you have (if it's cable, cableco phone service   
   is usually pretty good and the quality will be better than VoIP because   
   it has dedicated bandwidth)   
      
   - Do you want a provider that offers a complete package including the terminal   
   adapter or VoIP phone   
      
   - Or do you have your own VoIP phone or terminal adapter, or are you   
   willing to get one? Used Linksys adapters are about $40 on eBay   
      
   = Do you care about call processing features, e.g., calls from certain   
   numbers ring differently or go directly to voicemail   
      
   - Do you make a lot of phone calls or would you be OK with a cheaper   
   barebones plan where each call costs a few cents?   
      
   I've been happy with Callcentric which is inexpensive, reliable, but very   
   unbundled.  You have to get your own hardware and configure it which is   
   easy if you're used to doing it, potentially painful otherwise.   
      
   R's,   
   John   
      
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