Lingo VoIP Review

Overall 2.40 of 5 view all 5 reviews

SixtensPappa448
Bensalem, PA

Great deal for the price, especially if you call Europe

into trying new things, cost-conscious, married, a pet owner, I believe in honesty, a bargain hunter, quality conscious, a busy person

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Pros

Cheaper than AT&T, Low cost, Easy to change phone numbers or transfer

SEP

2008

I used to have Vonage and was satisfied, but Lingo offers free (or at least included in your monthly cost) calling to land lines in Europe. My wife's family lives in Sweden and this is a no-brainer for us. Even if the monthly plans for Vonage are similar in cost, the free-Europe calling is great. My wife will often speak with her sister an hour at a time, at least once per week. Even at 5c per minute (if you can find it that low), that's a $150/yr savings on her sister alone. Let's not even get into the 3x weekly half hour talks with her mom, and the occasional calls to her friends back home...

My favorite things about Lingo:

Cheap!
- For less than $30/month including taxes, I have phone service
Transferrable
- We lived in Sweden for a year. I took my Vonage unit (the size of a cable-modem) with us and hooked it up to our broadband connection there.
- We had our US telephone number while we were in Sweden allowing our US-based friends and family to call us for free and we could call them, and our Swedish friends for free!

My least favorite things about Lingo:

Call Clarity
- Let me be clear, it isn't BAD, but it is not as good as Vonage
- Occasionally we'll have to hang up and dial again, and then we're fine
  - For the price, I'll take that occasional inconvenience