Hi Bob,

No, it actually is true, with some caveats. And actually, I'd
appreciate it if you'd use this service instead (affiliate link):
http://clickit.url123.com/viatalk

A couple reasons:

1) It's $2/month cheaper month to month, lots more cheaper if you
prepay;
2) Cheap, cheap, cheap international rates;
3) You can take the second line on your adapter and use it for
another VOIP service, such as Free World Dialup. (Vonage locks down
their adapter and you can't do anything with it.)

The page is accessible, as is the configuration page on the adapter
Viatalk sends. I don't know much about Vonage.

Anyway, I said there are caveats to the VOIP service. Any VOIP
service such as Vonage, Viatalk, Packet8, or whichever:

1) If your Internet service goes down, so does your phone line.

2) If you lose power (and if your cable/DSL modem and phone adapter
aren't on a UPS), you'll lose your phone service. If you're on a UPS,
you can still lose phone service if your Internet service goes down.

3) E911 is probably not routed to the real 911 operator, but rather,
to some other emergency dispatch center.

For these resaons, I wouldn't have a VOIP phone as my only phone
line. If you have DSL, this is a non-issue, because you need a phone
line anyway. But if you have cable and want to cut your ties to the
telco, or if you want cheap long distance (unlimited to the US and
Canada), or if you need a phone number in an area code in which you
don't live, a VOIP phone is a great thing. If your VOIP phone is your
only home phone, I'd suggest also having a cellphone for emergencies.
They're justd arned handy, anyway.

All that said, I've had a VOIP line for a couple years now...I was a
Packet8 subscriber for a long time and recently switched to Viatalk.
The sound quality on Viatalk is better, and I've only had one outage.

Buddy, KB5ELV