Nextfone - VOIP Service - (first month free)$24.95 per month/unlimited North America

[shahn2]

My "First" deal posting here so please be gentle... I searched around and did not find a reference to these guys.

I was with Comwave VOIP for a while but a friend just recommended this other company.. MyNextFone (http://www.mynextfone.com/) (http://www.mynextfone.com/)

They have two plans: (From their site)
1. ($24.95) - Talk North America Unlimited: Includes 12+ free call features with unlimited long-distance minutes to anywhere in North America
2. ($16.95) - Talk Basic 500: Includes 12+ free call features with 500 anytime minutes to anywhere in North America

Add in a promotional code of 'NS2020', its free first month service.


Personally:

The first thing that amazed me was the prices. $25 + tax for unlimited North America and all the call features. With the first month free and no contracts, I dont mind trying it out.

I signed up about a month back and had their box delivered in 4 days. Here's where the second thing blew me away. I had to wrangle with Comwave regarding setup but this one was a straight plug and play. I had it up and running under 5 minutes flat. (Think they have someone setting up a number and testing it since I saw a call before I received it in my Dialed calls history on their site).

The call quality so far has been brilliant and I am contemplating switching my primary phone from Comwave to these guys. The customer service was quite pleasant and helpful when I called them up to confirm the first free month of service.

They have a nifty feature where you get a local secondary number to various cities in North America for 4 bucks a month if you have someone far away. They get to call a local number and you get it on your primary line.

I wont even get into how much you save as opposed to Bell or Vonage as I am sure you can search the forums for that stuff. Even if you look up their site, they actually show a comparison.

Let me know if you guys have any questions and will try my best to answer them. Will let you guys decide if its hot or not. I think it is! :lol:

[lint]

looks like a great deal. definately think it's worth checking out. thanks!

[Rooster]

Do they require you to pay by CC or do they send you the bill monthly?

[shahn2]

Do they require you to pay by CC or do they send you the bill monthly?

They take your credit card information upon signup so I am assuming that they will charge it monthly.

Edit: I was curious here so I called them up and the direct quote is: "For the convenience of our customers we do send out a monthly bill, but bill on credit card for simplicity."

[wiresncode]

Their O/S rates are very reasonable too (25 countries < 5c/minute).

Am curious at to what brand/model the adapter they supplied you with is?

Thanks,
Tom

[shahn2]

Their O/S rates are very reasonable too (25 countries < 5c/minute).

Am curious at to what brand/model the adapter they supplied you with is?

Thanks,
Tom

Its a SMC adapter. Will update this with the model number when I get home.

It works as a router btw for people without routers or you can plug it directly into a router's LAN port

[tchai]

:twisted: I am moving to a new place and I am very tempted to get it for 30 day trial

But I don't know if there will be trouble cancelling after 25 days or so if I don't like it

I signed up for C I A .com
I heard a lot of complaints and bad reviews about installation. But once its running its pretty good depending on Shaw Cable's service.

I live in Mississauga. Anyone care to commment about C I A .com
Maybe the K G B .com people may wanna comment on that

:twisted:

[George W. Bush]

Nice. I have a router with phone connections (with Vonage right now) - can I use this with their services?

[shahn2]

Nice. I have a router with phone connections (with Vonage right now) - can I use this with their services?

Give 'em a call.. Quite helpful.. Do let us know what you find out though!

[ARK]

There is another company offering same service and features for less

http://www.acanac.ca/Phones.htm

They have unlimited USA & Canada for $16.99

Anybody has experience with this company?

[George W. Bush]

Time to dump Vonage - their $45 CDN/month is a little too much I say. If it were close to $30, that would have been nicer!

[Matrx]

There is another company offering same service and features for less

http://www.acanac.ca/Phones.htm

They have unlimited USA & Canada for $16.99

Anybody has experience with this company?

Woah... hot find. This deserves a thread unto itself...

BTW, the $16.99 per month for unlimited NA calling requires a twelve month term otherwise it is $19.99 per month (which is still hot for unlimited NA calling plus a ton of features).

[Rehan]

A couple of red flags (not the good 'RFD' kind ;) ) with this offer:
- mynextfone.com was registered just a few months ago, to someone who was attending university 2-3 years ago
- the domain was registered through and is hosted at Canaca/Acanac. So maybe this is an Acanac reseller of some sort.

[Rehan]

Woah... hot find. This deserves a thread unto itself... http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/showthread.php?t=178770

But be sure to read the issues raised in http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/showthread.php?t=313572

[FZZ]

I used Acanac VoIP last August and September. Decided to quit due to multiple endless troubles, interruptions in service and TERRIBLE customer support. I spent hours on hold waiting for support. Perhaps something has changed during the past months. But I'll pass.

[Azenha]

Take a look at: www.voip.net

I've been with them on the Residential Unlimited plan for over a year and a half and I'm very pleased. It's $19.95/month (US) which comes to about $22-23/month (CDN) with no taxes. Includes two phone numbers, every calling feature imaginable, unlimited calls to US and Canada, FAX reception to your voicemail which then sends them to you as an e-mail attachment, etc.

[cheapass]

Check out this site: www.simplyvoip.ca (http://www.simplyvoip.ca)
You can compare features and prices of all the VoIP companies in Canada.


Hope it helps!

[rfman]

I've been using www.netfone.ca since January at 12.95$/month + GST. The service has been good, and I can call pretty much anywhere I want in Canada without paying long distance.

[Herbie]

Check out this site: www.simplyvoip.ca (http://www.simplyvoip.ca)
You can compare features and prices of all the VoIP companies in Canada.


Hope it helps!

That site is not very good. The forums are full of spam and 'compare providers' gives nothing but PHP errors.

[espeed]

why do u guys pay when you can just use Skype for free?

[YLSF]

Skype is only suppose to be free until the end of the year. Also, with Skype you can not have a canadian incoming number.

I currently use my cell phone as my main phone, but, I don't want everyone to have my cell number and I would prefer that people don't always "expect" to be able to reach me since the number they have is my cell. I am thinking of getting a cheap voip service so I have an incoming line and can choose to direct calls to my cell if I so wish.

I think I will test out vbuzzer first though. I have to get around to buying a NAT though...

[cheapass]

That site is not very good. The forums are full of spam and 'compare providers' gives nothing but PHP errors.

Hey Herbie,

Sorry dude, I haven't been to that site in a while. Looks like they need an update!

[shahn2]

why do u guys pay when you can just use Skype for free?

Also, Skype is more computer based... I like to have the traditional phones and get a cordless to walk around the house! :lol:

[subu]

I use netfone, www.netfone.ca, its ridiculously cheap (12.95). I had it when i lived in London, Ont and now in Vancouver. They had great customer service, didn't even charge me to change numbers when I moved. Just an FYI. cheers!

[Kwirky]

Time to dump Vonage - their $45 CDN/month is a little too much I say. If it were close to $30, that would have been nicer!
Yeah, why is it that Vonage US is $24.99/month (~$28.50 Canadian) for unlimited, but they charge Canadians $40/month?!?!

[shahn2]

I use netfone, www.netfone.ca, its ridiculously cheap (12.95). I had it when i lived in London, Ont and now in Vancouver. They had great customer service, didn't even charge me to change numbers when I moved. Just an FYI. cheers!

Anyone else using Netfone? Howz the experience?

Anyone else using Nextfone? Howz that experience?

[prasuvana]

My "First" deal posting here so please be gentle... I searched around and did not find a reference to these guys.

I was with Comwave VOIP for a while but a friend just recommended this other company.. MyNextFone (http://www.mynextfone.com/) (http://www.mynextfone.com/)

They have two plans: (From their site)
1. ($24.95) - Talk North America Unlimited: Includes 12+ free call features with unlimited long-distance minutes to anywhere in North America
2. ($16.95) - Talk Basic 500: Includes 12+ free call features with 500 anytime minutes to anywhere in North America

Add in a promotional code of 'NS2020', its free first month service.


Personally:

The first thing that amazed me was the prices. $25 + tax for unlimited North America and all the call features. With the first month free and no contracts, I dont mind trying it out.

I signed up about a month back and had their box delivered in 4 days. Here's where the second thing blew me away. I had to wrangle with Comwave regarding setup but this one was a straight plug and play. I had it up and running under 5 minutes flat. (Think they have someone setting up a number and testing it since I saw a call before I received it in my Dialed calls history on their site).

The call quality so far has been brilliant and I am contemplating switching my primary phone from Comwave to these guys. The customer service was quite pleasant and helpful when I called them up to confirm the first free month of service.

They have a nifty feature where you get a local secondary number to various cities in North America for 4 bucks a month if you have someone far away. They get to call a local number and you get it on your primary line.

I wont even get into how much you save as opposed to Bell or Vonage as I am sure you can search the forums for that stuff. Even if you look up their site, they actually show a comparison.

Let me know if you guys have any questions and will try my best to answer them. Will let you guys decide if its hot or not. I think it is! :lol:

Did any one try this?

[VTECMAN]

www.talkbroadband.com

Thats Primus' VOIP. Amazing quality, features and service.

$30.00/mth unlimited North America

[slaman]

I'm a Mobile Employee and I need a phone that comes with me...

The most important thing is Call Quality.

From what I've read, Vonage's quality isnt the best.

I use Skype right now, but that quality is virtually unuseable for business...

Any suggestions for the BEST quality?

[shahn2]

I'm a Mobile Employee and I need a phone that comes with me...

The most important thing is Call Quality.

From what I've read, Vonage's quality isnt the best.

I use Skype right now, but that quality is virtually unuseable for business...

Any suggestions for the BEST quality?

Quite happy with Nextfone so far over the last month.
Lookin at switching my primary number to them next week unless something drastic happens to make me change my mind.