This PhonePower Review offers an overview of the Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services you can expect from PhonePower. PhonePower also offers PhonePower fax services and PhonePower apps for the iPhone and Adroid mobile phones. Read this to see if PhonePower has the VoIP services you are looking for.
PhonePower phone service is a VoIP (Voice over Internet Phone) service that immediately distinguishes itself from other services by offering not only the standard features but also some desirable additions that will serve many people with VoIP well.
- The first PhonePower service is the cloned second line. How this works depends on whether or not any phones are in use:
• For incoming calls, both phones will ring if no one is on the phone. If one phone is in use, then it will get a call-waiting notification, but the other phone will ring. If both phones are in use, then a call-waiting notice will be received on both phones.
• For outgoing calls, both phones can call out, and if one phone is in use, the other can be used to place an outgoing call.
- The second PhonePower benefit is the inclusion of Failsafe call forwarding, which automatically forwards calls to any number you designate when there is an Internet outage.
- The third PhonePower service is the USB-compatible “Zippy Travel Adapter,” which plugs into a laptop running Windows XP, Vista, or Windows 7 and allows you to take your PhonePower service plan along with you using either a headset or connecting a phone.
- The fourth PhonePower benefit is US-based sales and support teams.
The set-up of the PhonePower adapter is similar to other VoIP services. You plug your router into the adapter first, and then plug in the base unit for your phone. And many of the features are the ones you expect with any VoIP phone service:
- a so-called Windows “soft phone”—a software application that allows the placing of telephone calls over the Internet using a computer.
- Incoming Caller ID
- Outgoing Caller ID block
- Call Forwarding
- Call Waiting
- Call Waiting Caller ID
- Call Hold
- Call Return
- Simultaneous Ring
- Ability to keep your number
- Speed Dial
- Three-way conference calls
- Directory Assistance
- Bandwidth saver to reduce bandwidth use
- Anonymous Call Rejection
- International Call block
- Do Not Disturb
- Remote Click2Call, which allows you to appear to use your number on another phone
- Last Number Redial
- Enhanced 911
PhonePower is also an eco-friendly company in using recycling and electronic storage to reduce waste.
PhonePower offers calling plans for home VoIP and small business, bigger business, and a “Global Plus” add-on service. Here are the details:
The three “Residential and Small Business Premium,” plans say that they are“unlimited,” but actually offer 5000 minutes a month with a charge of $0.02 each for additional minutes. Calls can be made to the US and Canada, with one hour of free international calls per month. They differ only in the contract length. “Global Plus Add-on” allows “virtually unlimited” calling to an additional 55 countries.
PhonePower also offers PhonePower fax services and PhonePower apps for the iPhone and Adroid mobile phones.