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/)

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!

[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]

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

[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/s...d.php?t=178770

But be sure to read the issues raised in http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/s...d.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.