VOIP/ Basic Phone Service

    I'd like to add basic phone service to a rental house.

   There seems to be a wide array of VOIP options. Any
experience/recommendations.

   Jeff

 
well obviously they all require internet access, are you going to
provide that too?

for many americans just cell is becoming the norm.

with the tenants really want a VOIP phone?

 On 3/3/2011 7:04 PM, a real cheapskate wrote:

Of course.

But not all.

I have one that needs a phone. Hence my post. I believe you have nothing
further to add.

   Jeff

 

Since when is it the landlord's responsibility to provide
internet and phone service for the tenents?  They can go out
and get their own service.

On the other hand.  If you want to provide the service as a
value added service.  We just had a long drawn out discussion here
about Land line alternitives.  So I'll add in my $.02 worth.

I have been using a service called Phone Power for almost a year.
I have had very good service.  The response of their english
speaking CSRs has been excelent.  The price is at least half
that of Vonage (one of the better known services) but Phone
Power has many more features.  Also, Phone Power provides for free,
some of the features that Vonage charges extra for.

Setup is easy. Phone Power provides you with a Phone Power Adaptor
(Technicly an ATA). It's a bit bigger than a pack of cigarettes.
You plug it into your network, and a standard phone plugs into
the adaptor. Calls are made and recieved as usual. Your computer
is not used at all for any part of the call process.  If you are
careful, you can hook the ATA to your internal phone wireing.