| I was looking for an internet phone service and | | | | TeleBlend, worst case, I would be out one month |
| there seems to be quite a few players in the | | | | if it was horrible, which is only $15.95. |
| industry now. It appears that every hosting | | | | I signed up and to my surprise, the adapter unit |
| company is offering internet phone service since | | | | showed up at my doorstep within 4 days. Not |
| they have the bandwidth and existing customer | | | | bad for a company that has not been in business |
| base. | | | | for that long. The porting of my number was |
| I did not want to get caught with the Comcast or | | | | completed within another 10 days. It was not as |
| Verizon"promotional" pricing and have them | | | | quick as my port to Vonage several years ago, |
| increase the prices when I am locked in, so I was | | | | but an extra couple of days did not hurt me. |
| looking for an independent provider. | | | | Plugged the adapter to my Linksys router and |
| My thought was that Vonage was not an option | | | | connected a phone. Voila! I was able to make a |
| since their price is much too higher for phone | | | | call. The quality was good. I had to change my |
| service that is provided over the public Internet. I | | | | credit card a couple of weeks later and had to call |
| am not sure why anyone would pay $24.95 per | | | | customer service. They were quite friendly and |
| month for internet based phone service. | | | | my card was changed easliy. I was on hold for |
| I decided to give a newcomer, TeleBlend, a shot | | | | about 10 minutes. In today's world of impersonal |
| since they don't have any contracts or | | | | service, I thought it was a pleasant surprise that I |
| cancellation fees. The rest of the competition | | | | was able to get to a human being at a company |
| locks you into a contract so unless you only want | | | | that provides phone service. |
| to try it out for less than a month, I figured that | | | | I have been paying month to month ever since |
| the no contract option was the best. With the | | | | and don't really have any complaints. |
| free trials that the others offer, you have to | | | | I would say, if you are thinking about phone |
| return the device within a certain time period and | | | | service, give them a shot. With no contracts and |
| it not, they will charge you some hefty fees. With | | | | cancellation fees, it seems that TeleBlend is |
| the no contracts on TeleBlend, they said if I | | | | definitely worth a shot. I will try a couple of other |
| changed my mind at anytime, all I had to do was | | | | service providers and post my take on them as |
| call and cancel. There was nothing to return and | | | | well. |
| best of all, no fees. So I figured if I went with | | | | |