Signed up with Vonage

Ok, so I signed up with Vonage just now for VoIP service for my home phone. The number was immediately active, and I now have the number forwarding to my old home number until the hardware box comes in the mail. Once it arrives, come Nov 24th I’ll switch the home phone # to my wife’s cell phone, and disconnect the POTS phone service. The best part? I get more features (voicemail, caller ID, conferencing, call forwarding, etc) for less money than I used to pay for my regular phone line without those features. Plus my voicemail now automatically arrives in my email inbox. Of course, it’s a WAV file, not MP3 or something more sensible, but then I guess that’s what procmail is for ;)

Anyone who wants the new phone number, let me know and I’ll email it to you. If you want to sign up for Vonage too, also let me know, because they have a refer-a-friend feature which gives both referrer and referree a discount on service, so I can refer you before you sign up.

btw, I might as well blog this now to establish a datestamp (though I’ve mentioned it in other forums before this): I think VoIP is going to be bigger than the Web.