Thanks for the feedback.  Actually they do now offer numbers in the 952 area 
code.  It is their Chaska rate center.  What I'm looking for is cheap long 
distance and I think this'll probably work for me.  I have ordered it.

Eric

On Monday 03 November 2003 09:41, Nate Carlson wrote:
> On Sat, 1 Nov 2003, Eric Stanley wrote:
> > Anybody out there have any experience, good or bad, with the Packet8
> > (http://www.packet8.net) service?  At first glance, it looks pretty
> > good.
>
> I played around with it; worked fairly well, although I preferred Vonage.
>
> The basic voice quality for both services was about the same. Things
> Vonage offered that Packet8 didn't:
>
> - Localized area codes, IE, 952 instead of 612.
> - Voicemail that I can access online (play .wav files), and can also
>   e-mail me a .wav file.
> - Quasi-911 service (not super important, but nice.)
> - Virtual phone numbers, so my sister-in-law can call from Tacoma for free
> - Call waiting (not of huge importance again)
> - Fax line for $10/mo, if I ever decide I need it
>
> If you don't care about any of the above, by all means, go Packet8.  :)


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