Voip teleophony - Anyone know Packet-8 or others?

[Travis Roy]

> I've been using Vonage since March over Comcast and had no
> Comcast-related problems.  For the first month things were great, then
> for abount 2 or 3 months things were really crappy and I was about to
> drop them completely and go back to Verizon.  Then things suddenly got
> better with no explanation.
> 
> Vonage's tech support is also rather pathetic.  But, since at least
> September, I've had absolutely no problems with them, and it's saving
> me close to $50/month as compared to Verizon and I get a lot more
> features!
> 
> I know nothing about packet8 though.

My only problem with Vonage is that it's a locked platform. They use 
their own SIP like protocol and lock all their hardware to Vonage. 
That's why I went with Broadvoice.