Q: We are snowbirds and spend six months in Florida and six months in Michigan. When we go to Florida in April and do not return to October, can we put our VoIP service on vacation, wait no charge
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A: Many VoIP services offer vacation on hold, depending on your specific plan, you probably would not be charged for the time you put your account on hold. Check with the service representative with your VoIP provider when you sign up to be sure how it would work with your specific account. So yes, depending on your plan, you can probably put VoIP on holiday waiting, but I do not really recommend it. Here's why:
You can take your VoIP account with you Assuming you have an internet connection at your home in Michigan and in Florida, you can take your VoIP adapter with you when you go, allowing you to keep the same phone number (or set up a virtual number so that you have a local number in both locations) and use the same rules in both states. Frequent travelers consider this a feature of the best parts of VoIP services. Some users even use this ability to make their home phone numbers abroad with them, allowing them to make and receive calls with family and friends at home to national rates, because they still a telephone number in the United States.
If you take your card with you, you will be able to make and receive calls as if you were at home, no matter where you go. Just plug the adapter into an Ethernet connection and a regular phone, and you're good to go.
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