Best landline providers? (Denver, Boulder, Vona: live, costs, moving to)

[olgaco]

Hi,

we are moving to Boulder in mid August, and I am figuring out which land line provider to choose.

I heard that Vonage was miserable (echoes and hang-ups) in the Boulder area, Qwest and SunRocket, etc. for instance, seem to do better jobs.

Many of my calls will be going to Europe, and I do not fancy echoes and hang-ups all to often.

On another issue, I heard discussions about the necessity to have a `real` land line for 911-calls and re-911.
Hence, I would possibly be interested in a NON-VoIP provider.

VoIP or not, I would be glad about your experiences with your landline provider.

Thank you very much!
Olga

[olgaco]

Thank you for sharing your experience!
Olga

[Micktooth]

We actually have Comcast and we don't seem to have any problems at all. At my office I have Qwest, they both seem comparable.

[WhereTheSidewalkEnds]

We have Comcast as well - just switched from Qwest. The only reason for the switch was they could provide a higher speed internet than Qwest, and they gave us a good deal to switch our phone line as well.

We had Vonage a few years ago - and I agree not to go that route. IT was horrible.

If you will be doing a lot of international calls, then between Comcast or Qwest I would look into who has good packages for that.

[livecontent]

I had vonage for 5 years and now I am switching to Qwest. Vonage was great for years but recently the quality has deteriorated. I have comcast as high speed internet and it is good. I did not want at this time to have Comcast phone service but my relatives are happy with it. It is VOIP and I know they market it as something different over their own network, but it is still VOIP. Comcast system is expensive after the initial discounts. They do have a lower tier service at $25.99 but it is not marketed as heavily.

I went with Qwest phone package because of some additional cost savings for me. In addition, I wanted the flexibility to change high speed internet from Comcast to Qwest for better pricing; they give a discount with phone/internet package.

I think Comcast will significantly increase their costs once DOCSIS 3.0 is fully implemented in Denver. I do not have Cable TV, as I do not watch TV, and Comcast charges me more on all services--I am getting tired of that nonsense.

Livecontent

[olgaco]

Thank you, everyone.
The info was very helpful. I indeed am looking for a package phone/internet, no TV.
I have the impression that it is hard to get "good deals" or "packages" for that without the TV addition - or at least, they are not advertised.
I definitely want to avoid short-term initial discounts as advertised with Comcast, and am looking for a long-term, reasonably priced package, or two different deals for phone and internet, with the possibility to switch more/less anytime if unsatisfied.
Thank you again for sharing your experience and recommendations.

[WhereTheSidewalkEnds]

One more thing - we did get the initial deal with Comcast for just the internet/phone. And the price she told us it would go up to after that was the same as we were paying for Qwest.