The Best Alternatives to Vonage

The Best Alternatives to Vonage
Though their prices may be similar, these 4 VoIP competitors distinguish themselves with exciting features.
Robert Poe on May 16, 2007
1. VOIP.COM
http://www.voip.com/l7b/
One of the rising stars of the business, voip.com offers unlimited North American calling for $19.95 a month for residential users, or $16.95 a month if you pay $203.40 for a year in advance. You can also get 200 minutes a month for a mere $9.95. The adapter to hook your standard home phone to your broadband Internet connection comes free. Alternatively, you can use a soft phone plan for $14.95 a month for unlimited calling from your PC using a headphone and downloadable client, or pay $3.95 for 100 minutes a month.

But voip.com isn't just about price, it's also about all the other features and capabilities only VoIP can provide. For example, Main Number ($9.95 a month) gives you a single number that will ring on all your phones, whether work, residential or mobile, when someone calls it. Voicemail ($4.95) lets you access your messages by phone or Web browser, and have them emailed to your computer. Mobile Line 2 ($8.75) provides an additional number that will ring your cellphone, allowing you to differentiate between personal and business calls, for example.

Naturally, international rates undercut most traditional carriers'. Voip.com will also launch business services soon, as well as a prepaid connect-a-call service (currently in beta) called Make a call.
2. SUNROCKET https://www.sunrocket.com/
3. LINGO
Ravi Bhatia: President
tel: 703-902-2800
www.lingo.com

Keeping up its end of the annual price war, Lingo offers unlimited North American calling (like the others, it also includes Puerto Rico in the package), for $195 a year. On a monthly basis, unlimited calling costs $21.95, which includes 21 international countries as well, while 500 minutes run $14.95. A $34.95 international package gives you unlimited North American calling plus 300 minutes to most overseas locations. Additional domestic numbers cost $4.95 a month, with international numbers, a great feature for those with a lot of overseas relatives, adding a mere $10.00 on top of other charges. Lingo also has small-business plans starting at $49.95.
3. PACKET8 http://linkshare.packet8.net/
4. ViaTalk Company www.viatalk.com
5 verizon www22.verizon.com
6 InPhonex http://www.inphonex.com/