Thanks for the feedback. Actually they do now offer numbers in the 952 area code. It is their Chaska rate center. What I'm looking for is cheap long distance and I think this'll probably work for me. I have ordered it. Eric On Monday 03 November 2003 09:41, Nate Carlson wrote: > On Sat, 1 Nov 2003, Eric Stanley wrote: > > Anybody out there have any experience, good or bad, with the Packet8 > > (http://www.packet8.net) service? At first glance, it looks pretty > > good. > > I played around with it; worked fairly well, although I preferred Vonage. > > The basic voice quality for both services was about the same. Things > Vonage offered that Packet8 didn't: > > - Localized area codes, IE, 952 instead of 612. > - Voicemail that I can access online (play .wav files), and can also > e-mail me a .wav file. > - Quasi-911 service (not super important, but nice.) > - Virtual phone numbers, so my sister-in-law can call from Tacoma for free > - Call waiting (not of huge importance again) > - Fax line for $10/mo, if I ever decide I need it > > If you don't care about any of the above, by all means, go Packet8. :) _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list