does anyone have digital phone calling from Time warner, and are you sastified? Thinking about getting it.?

Answer 1

Cable service VOIP ("Voice Over Internet Protocol") varies from company to company, but all I have heard so far says that Vonage is a FAR better alernative. There are fewer problems (I have had NONE) with dropped calls or poor quality, and Vonage is far cheaper than ANY cable service I've seen rates for.

You can sign up for Vonage online or visit Best Buy (and other stores) to get the setup kit. The whole thing cost me $25 to start with. Monthly fee for unlimited full-featured service is $25. There are cheaper packages if you want them.

PS - Thanks to the more detailed treatment of the second person to post, I was reminded you might want to know how Vonage stacks up in features. So this is an after-thought edit.

Vonage offers call waiting, three-way calling, call forwarding, voice mail, "911" service, call return, call blocking, caller ID and call waiting ID, "camp-on" or automatic return calling, and several other benefis at no additional charge (in the $25 package, anyhow). One nice benefit is that if for any reason the system goes down (such as Road Runner crapping out, which doesn't happen often) the inbound calls can be automatically forwarded to any number you wish. I don't use cell phones, but if I did that's probably where they'd go; instead, I have the calls directed to my business number. This feature is separate from call forwarding; I could still re-direct inbound calls anywhere I wished without altering the "service interruption" setting for Vonage.

Not only can you keep your old phone number, but you can choose to have ANY area code you wish. This is neat in some cases - if my whole family, or people I want to talk with often, lived in another area code and have to pay to call me, I could have THEIRS so that the calls would be without charge. I don't pay any Ma Bell charges such as "zone calling" - no matter where in the US or Canada, and some parts of Mexico, I wish to call, there is no extra cost.

I do make overseas calls often. At one time I was calling eastern Russia for at least an hour a week. One month that cost me nearly $500 extra with Ma Bell (then I bought a special rate calling plan for ANOTHER added fee). After switching to Vonage my extra cost fell to under $30. International calls are VERY inexpensive on Vonage.

Overall, I save a ton of money and love the service. My monthly phone bill is less than half my basic monthly service charges were with Ma Bell. I use a good back-up battery-powered unit with the computer and phone, so when power DOES go out - usually just a blip or a momentary interruption - not only does the computer not go ka-blooey, but also phone calls are not interrupted. Of course that's not good for long-term outages. (I lost power during a hurricane and was not restored for SIX weeks two years ago. Local phone service went out, too, for a long time, because of damage to the land-line system, so only cell phones worked at that time. I went out and bought a cheap pre-paid cell phone for that time. "Cheap" of course is relative - the per-minute cost was awful but at least I had emergency/important phone service away from work.)

I think you can also use a laptop with wi-fi with Vonage - I know I can take the modem with me if I want when traveling and use the service anywhere in the country, even from a hotel. They do some other stuff with cell phones, too but I don't understand it. And they offer extra lines, "800" numbers, fax lines, and additional features at dirt-cheap rates. If they don't have subscriber calling cards to use while away, I bet they come up with one soon. But I just buy those when I am traveling if needful, usually those can be purchased for a very, very low per-minute rate, too, and re-charged by credit card as necessary over the telephone using a toll-free number.

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Answer 3

I do, and I am. I live in Akron, OH, and I have digital phone, cable, and Road Runner Internet (cable broadband) through Time Warner.

The phone service is excellent. They seem to realize that they have a lot of competition. They offer a lot of features, and their customer service people are ALWAYS polite, and accommodating.

I got to keep my old phone number, and transfer it to Time Warner (portability). I like it. I have never had a problem with sound quality, or availability.

If you get the phone, cable, and internet (all three, from Time Warner), they have a competitive price. If you choose to split these services, beware of the price.

I have NEVER had a single problem with the phone service or the internet. Sorry, can't say the same about the cable TV, but if you call, wait on hold (use the call-back option, instead!) they will give you lame advice, and offer credits.

I recommend it.

Answer 4

I had it for 6 months and was very unsatisfied with it. There were no features with it such as call return or voice mail or call block or any of the other feature. I was TOLD I could get the features added, but it was at a per call charge basis, costing 75 cents every time I used *69 or such. Not worth it. Also, in the event of a power outage, the phone goes out as well, while with Ma Bell, it stays on.

Answer 5

I work for Bellsouth, i propose anyone to stay with a mobilephone corporation that may do exactly that provide you with cell service digital mobile provider is just not good at all we've hundreds of consumers calling us to change back for the reason that of the entire issues.