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Voiceglo VOIP phone system dedicated to bridging the gap between conventional telephonic communication and Internet provides with what is termed as VoIP. To enjoy making calls at local internet charges one needs to have a PC running Windows® 98 (Second Edition), Windows® 2000, Windows® Millennium (Me), or Windows® XP, PC's microphone and speakers, browser software, and a dial-up or broadband Internet connection. It is expected that compatibility with Apple®, Linux®, and Netscape® will be provided in the near future.

After registering with this VOIP phone system (either for the home plan or the business plan), Voiceglo ships you either a multimedia terminal adapter (MTA), which connects an existing phone to a broadband Internet connection, or a USB phone, which connects directly to your PC. User can himself configure the device for DSL or cable Internet service by following the informative setup guide that come along with MTA. MTA's has visibly labeled ports: two telephone jacks, two Ethernet jacks (MTA-to-PC and MTA-to-WAN), and a power connector and you can easily check the status of the connections by viewing the number of status lights on the front panel that verifies the proper connections. The MTA can optimize quality of service under high-load network conditions.

For VOIP phone system home users, Voiceglo proffers two monthly services: $19.99 for unlimited local and subscriber-to-subscriber calls with 3.9-cent-per-minute long distance (to the United States and Canada) and $29.99 for unlimited local calls and domestic long distance. The general tendency of VOIP phone system users is to avoid business plan as at $49.99, it costs $20 more per month than the unlimited home plan and actually doesn't provides any supplementary features. User is also charged one-time hardware charges of $39.99 USB phone or the $79.99 phone adapter. To avoid the unnecessary VOIP phone system hardware charges you can opt for Voiceglo's softphone selection, GloPhone. As a replacement for using your own phone or Voiceglo's USB phone, you can download an application that gives you a 14-digit phone number and an onscreen phone interface that you use with a headset or the speakers and the microphone on your PC. You can download GloPhone and can try all the features for free for 30 minutes or 30 days (whichever comes first).

When your 30 minutes expire you can continue to make calls to other GloPhone users for free, or you can upgrade to one of our premium plans. GloPhone permits you to make calls to and receive calls from any phone in the world using your Internet browser, while simultaneously surfing the web. You can call a non-GloPhone subscriber anywhere in the world at very competitive rates if you subscribe to one of their premium calling plans, and they claim to provide the best international calling rates. One of the GloPhone calling plan provides users calling other Voiceglo subscribers for free; and the other provides unlimited local and long-distance calls to any number in the United States or Canada for $35.99 per month. For opening an account mandates the purchase of a $20 phone card that serves as a security deposit for international calls-certainly a nuisance if your near & dear ones are domestically located.

The GloPhone MTA requires a broadband Internet connection such as Cable modem, DSL, T-1, or T-3) and as the billing is automatic and online so it also mandates the requirement of a major credit card (Visa or MasterCard) to establish and maintain a GloPhone account. Your billing cycle starts when you activate your GloPhone number and create your subscriber profile. You may view up-to-the-minute activity and past bills in detail, as well as maintain your subscriber profile online by going to GloPhone.com and logging in.

It utilizes sophisticated compression technology based on H.323.1, an international voice compression standard but many parameters associated with Internet connection Internet connection like delay, packet loss and bandwidth can affect audio quality. It is observed that the best results are attained with upstream and downstream bandwidths of greater that 64 kb/s in both directions and anything less than 64 kb/s possibly will adversely affect the call quality.

Voiceglo provides with high-quality voice; spirited plans; call-forwarding feature and versatile phone adapter. Voiceglo supports call forwarding one of the user-friendly options. The VOIP phone system adapter has an Ethernet pass-through port that lets it placed between your broadband modem and your router to make the most of call quality under high-load network conditions. The time gap between the time you speak and the time you are heard on the other end that is the call latency--was hardly ever apparent and slight enough to ignore if ever it occurs. Voiceglo requires users to dial an area code even for local calls, but the same is true of most Internet phone services and even POTS in many parts of the country.

Voiceglo allows you to cancel their service at any time by notifying GloPhone in writing at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it or by calling 1-877-voice00 and they would refund the monthly or annual service fee, the unused portion of your prepaid calling balance and the cost of the equipment you purchased (provided you strictly comply with the authorization procedure for return of equipment which can be found on their site).

User can cancel the service within 14 days from the date of equipment receipt (but in no case longer than 20 days from the date your equipment was shipped) by e-mailing us at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it or calling 1-877-voice00 providing the details like: your e-mail, customer account number; full name of customer; contact phone number and e-mail address. As well, they will only process cancellation requests received from either the account holder or the credit card holder. At that time, your service will be deactivated and you will receive authorization to return the equipment.

It provides with the superb online assistance that includes a lengthy and well-organized FAQ, downloadable manuals, and a tutorial for the company's GloPhone softphone service. Toll-free telephone support is available Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET. Their customer support is supplemented by the tech support, which they entertain through e-mail.

Presently Voiceglo VOIP phone system cannot take your current phone number, and you must pay a hardware charge; also you can't add a second number without signing up for another account. Voiceglo's Internet phone service proposes good call quality but is short of many of the add-ons presented by opponents such as Vonage and Broadvox. There's no support for 911 calls, and you can't use your existing phone number, as you can with other services; instead, you must sign up for a new number in one of the available area codes. Presently Voiceglo offers phone numbers in roughly half of the states in the United States and also GloPhone service does not work with fax machines.

Besides all of these GloPhone benefits, GloPhone's low flat rates will certainly save you money over other services.