SunRocket is Dead. Celebrate with Free Unlimited Calls via Voip.com

Everyone had their eyes on Vonage to see if they would go kerplunk with the patent issues.

But in the meantime, Sunrocket VOIP provider suddenly shut their doors in the last weeks.  Too bad for their customers, especially those that shelled out $199 for their pre-paid 1-year unlimited calling plan.

But what other Voip provider will you go to?  Although there are differences, most require you to shell out money up front for hardware or even the shipping cost to test them out.

It’s not the time to walk away from VOIP just yet.   In fact, you should check out VOIP.com (the dot com!).  They are offering essistme.com readers a full month’s worth of unlimited calling free.

Voip.com offers 3 plans from a $9.99 for 200 minutes/month plan to an unlimited plan – monthly ($20) or annually (comes to $16.95/mo).

For those that think Voip is Voip is Voip, think again.  Here’s a quick comparison of some factors between Vonage and VoIP.com.  You’ll see that you do get a little bit more and chepaer international rates to a bunch of countries like China, Italy, Spain, Sweeden and Pakistan.  All of them are more than 50% cheaper than Vonage rates.

One of the key features that’s neat to have through Voip.com that Vonage doesn’t offer free is the SOFTPHONE feature – -the ability to use your Voip line through your computer.  If you have a laptop, this gives you the ability to take and make phone calls from anywhere you go with your laptop.  Take note that you get almost double the number of calling features as well.

With the free 31-day unlimited calling offer which includes free shipping – this is a great way to test out the service.

Who do you use for VoIP?  How much do you pay and what are the best features or rates?  Share them in the comments below!