After doing a bit more research, Phone Power looks like a better option than Vonage.

I'm sensing a suggestion of lack of friends? I have friends who need to call me, I just don't worry about them actually being able to do so. This pisses Lani off sometimes.

I worried about that, but I get essentially zero solicitation calls on my cell phone. Just around elections.

No, if that is what I meant, I would have said "...actually have friends...". From the few times we've met at MAs, I think you are a great guy who would have plenty of friends. And I figured Lani would be fielding calls for you. My Aunt does this as they have no landline, so I'm familiar with the method. And I do find it rather annoying at times, but to each his own.


Really? I give out the landline primarily (doctors, friends, and family are the only ones who get the cell) and I still get solicitors once in a while. Mostly by text, however, so it's only mildly annoying. And they know my name so they got it from me somehow.

Maybe Verizon has good text spam filters but I think I've received no more than three text solicitations in the last year.

I cut the wire about 5 years ago and have maybe had 5-10 "junk" phone calls or texts in that time. In fact, I just got a spam text a couple of weeks ago and it kind of surprised me since I haven't gotten one in so long.

For those of you that have spotty cell reception, every service has boosters for homes with a weak signal. Some companies provide them for free, some cost money...some just send it to you, some require a tech to come test your signal.

I'm with Sprint and had spotty coverage in my house. They sent me a booster, for free, with a phone call.

We used Magic Jack before we moved. We had fairly crappy DSL and there wasn't enough bandwidth for everyone and the phone.

Now we have cable and I'm considering going back to the magic jack. The cable phone is doing the same thing, isn't it? Just costing more.