Some people need POTS.

If you want close to POTS, without being POTS, then either a Vonage, CDV, or other similar (large) service will work well. The savings will be minimal.

Usually the lower the cost, the greater the risk. Where the cost / risk benefit ends, is a matter of personal perception and ability to take risk.
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Been a tough few weeks. Who would have ever imagined? A bad pinch for Merrill Lynch.
Tough in VoIPland, too. Vonage now has to worry about its credit lines as much as its phone lines.

We generally don’t know about the business structures and finances of the VoIP providers. But based on general impression, service quality, competence, responsiveness, etc., The Voip providers will have the best chance of being around in 6 months or two years. (more…)