Primus has launched Lingo in the USA with a $19.99 service plan that includes calls to Canada and Western Europe. What about Mexico? One would think with the amount of families in the boarder states (California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas) that there is a market. Don't forget, they are huge calling card/prepaid users.
In places like San Diego County, we're talking lots of broadband homes that have family just across the border.
Sonds great. Does unlimited calls in USA include Puerto Rico
Posted by: Bob | August 02, 2004 at 04:25 PM
I just signed up for this service last night. Here's more info about it:
1. There is a thread about Lingo's service at dslreports here:
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10442660~mode=flat
Most info below is gathered from there.
2. It looks like the hardware they send you is:
D-Link DVG-1120 VoIP gateway
3. Codecs used: G711, G729, and G723 -Controllable
T.38 fax supported
4. Western European = UK, Germany, France, Italy, Ireland, Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Switzerland, Sweden, Finland, Austria, Luxembourg, Vatican City, Norway, Portugal, and Spain. Calls to mobile phones are not included.
5. Price: $19.95/month give unlimited calls to U.S.A., Canada, & Western Europe (see #4). Their current offer give the first 3 months for free. But there is a $29.95 activation fee and a $9.95 shipping fee. So basically the activation fee plus shipping is about $40. So in effect, you are really only getting one month of free service.
If you enter a referrer's name and email address while signing up, both you and the referrer get a $25 credit to your account. I wish I would have known this when I signed up last night. But feel free to use my name and email while signing up so we can both get a $25 credit:
Name: Simon
Email: simonATsimondorfman.com (replace AT with @)
6. You can try the service for 30 days and get a full refund but you have to pay for shipping to send back their hardware. If you cancel service after 30 days but before 1 year, they will charge a $39.95 cancellation fee. But if you send back the hardware, they will waive the cancellation fee.
Posted by: Simon Dorfman | June 10, 2004 at 06:41 PM
this is interesting, the flat rate Europe plan is
killer, they are a well funded company that is cheaper by a long shot than vonage and att. wonder what will happen?
Posted by: no expert | June 10, 2004 at 06:34 AM