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I checked out speakeasy.net because I know that it is a Seattle-based business. If I’m wrong I hope someone corrects me.
Speakeasy’s Home VoIP and Broadband service would cost me $83.90/month, compared with VoIP & cable (no free international calls) for $85, and also compared with the phone company with DSL (no domestic long distance or International long distance free) for $107, depending on the service provider.
I think the one of the few things that would have me sold on this package is the voice quality. I’d love to have guaranteed crystal-clear voice quality and I’d definitely love to make international long distance calls. Except I would have no reason to call any of those 22 countries covered under the free worldwide calling. If it included the Philippines and Mexico I’d probably be more swayed. The international phone calls do not include calls to mobile phones. This, I think would be a drawback for folks that make calls into countries where the POTS technology is expensive and lacking whereas cell technology is more affordable, accessible, thus, way more cell phone users than landline users.
I’m not even sure if these prices include the equipment; I couldn’t find a price list for equipment but I did see ads for rebates and discounts for equipment. And then the more I navigated through the website and looked at varying prices the more confused I got, which compels me to back off. I think that speaks to my reluctance to get rid of the services I already have the unfamiliarity of this technology.
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