Orlando Computer Repair Company reviews VOIP phone & Internet phone Companies Skype vs Vonage World
If your company conducts business outside of the United States the topic of international calling rates has come up. Most businesses owners fear looking at a phone bill after making or receiving Intl calls. There are simple solutions to manage or even eliminating the cost of Intl calling. Below are evaluations of two effective services that can be used to make or receive calls on your landline telephone or mobile device Blackberry, Windows Mobile, iPhone, or Google chrome android.
Skype is by far the best means to make international calls. Skype provides the ability to make calls to anyone on the Skype network for free; all you need is a Skype account and an internet connection. Skype users can also make calls to non-Skype telephone numbers, which will reduce the cost of per minute talk time drastically compared to using telephone companies. Skype also has hand handled phones that allows users to make calls using a WIFI connection, eliminating the need of using a computer to make calls. Skype software can be loaded onto iPhones and Windows Mobile phones which allow Skype users the ability to make free Skype to Skype calls or call non-Skype numbers through their account using their mobile device. Currently Blackberry devices do not support the Skype software.
Vonage World is a great service for calling abroad, but lacks many of the features of Skype. Vonage World allows users to call 60 countries for free. The only catch is most of these counties you can only call landlines and are charged for calling cell phones. Users can make calls on Vonage by using a regular phone without the need of a computer or special software. The per minute cost of calling internationally remains completive with Skype and beats telephone company rates. Vonage lacks the ability to make Vonage to Vonage calls for free. Vonage World works on Blackberry mobile devices unlike Skype software and also works on the iPhone. Currently there’s no way to share minutes between your Vonage mobile account and Vonage telephone line.
If you are looking to make international calls for the lowest rate Skype will be your best choice. Due to the need to use Skype software or devices to make calls it does take a little technical understanding to make and receive calls. If you need to make or receive landline calls from one of the 60 countries included in Vonage World service Vonage will be a better choice, because no technical knowledge is needed. Simply pickup a telephone and dial the number.
Jamal Hartage works for Business IT Services Inc., an IT company that specializes in Orlando Computer Repair and Computer repair Orlando. Visit our online Orlando Computer Store
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There are several erroneous and misleading statements in this article:
- You can subscribe to the Vonage World Plan for a flat fee of $25/month for unlimited calling to 73 countries if you make a lot of calls to overseas.
http://www.vonage.com
- If you don’t make a lot of international calls then you can use the iPhone or Blackberry for now (more smartphones support in the future) and download the free Vonage app to call overseas and pay as you go per minute. The rate per minute is still lower than Skype.
http://www.vonagemobile.com
- Depending on the countries, sometimes the call rate to cell phone is higher than to landline because of those countries regulations. Skype charges higher to cell phones in those countries as well.
- Vonage is phone (landline or cell) to phone and not PC to phone like Skype which is very inconvenient.
- Vonage phone calls are of much higher quality like a landline unlike Skype that has noise on the line and you cannot talk more than 1/2 hour before your call gets dropped and you have to call again.
- In the near future, Vonage app will be able to accept calls as well without burning any call minutes while talking.
- Currently, you can talk for free in the U.S. without using any cell minutes if you use your iPhone in a WiFi zone. Nobody does this.
- In the near future, the mobile plan will be integrated with the World Plan and you can make unlimited international calls to your cell phone on your cell phone for a flat fee of perhaps $25 per month.
Please check the facts before writing.