On Wed, 10 Dec 2014 23:18:19 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote:

In message , Char Jackson
writes:
On Tue, 9 Dec 2014 22:09:14 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote:

In message , Char Jackson
writes:

It doesn't matter where you live. VoIP phone services are available anywhere
in the world where you can find an Internet connection, including Canada.
You're overpaying, big time.

"Anywhere you can find an Internet connection." You clearly haven't been
to Canada. (Nor have I, but!) That has shades of "apart from that, how
did you enjoy the play, Mrs. Lincoln?"

I've been to Canada several times, but that's neither here nor there. What
part of "VoIP services work anywhere you can find an Internet connection" is
wrong? I mean, it even works over dial-up, as evidenced by family members
using it who live in Malaysia and the Philippines.

The discussion to me seemed to be about doing away with a landline for
voice calls. I would imagine there is a _lot_ of Canada where you cannot
"find an internet connection", other than where a landline is already
present (so using VoIP to avoid the need is, er, pointless).

Wolf posts here. Ergo, he already has an Internet connection. All he needs
is a VoIP adapter, a small device about the size of a deck of playing cards.
It works anywhere that you have access to an Internet connection, whether
that's at home, at work, in a hotel, whatever.

The discussion was about the fact that he says he's paying close to $60 a
month for landline service, when he could be paying that much or less for an
entire year. He brought up the Canada thing, but that's a red herring.
There's nothing special, err, I should say nothing different, about Canada's
Internet versus Internet anywhere else. Plug in the adapter and make a call.

You buy the VoIP adapter outright, (I paid $39, no tax, no shipping), then
you plug it into your Internet connection. That's enough to make unlimited

Your internet connection obtained by magic (-:.

I think I've been quite clear from the start that an Internet connection is
required, but he already has that.

calls at no additional charge. If you want to also receive calls, you need
to buy VoIP service, which will run you $2-$5 dollars a month or so,
sometimes less if you buy a year at a time.

When we say VoIP, are you by chance thinking we mean DSL? It's not at all
like that.

No.

Then I'm not sure where the disconnect is...

--

Char Jackson