a friend picked sunrocket over italkbb

I recently recommended iTalkBB to a friend of mine who was considering switching to a VoIP phone from conventional phone. I shared my good experience with the $299 iTalkBB global unlimited plan to him. A few days later, he told me that he had chosen sunrocket's $199/yr plan instead. Sunrocket does not provide a China phone number and charges an international calling rate of 3 cents/minute to China. However it is considerably cheaper. It wouldn't be a bad choice if the quality is as good as iTalkBB. That said, I shall mention that iTalkBB also have other plans that charge as low as $4.99/month. One should be able to find the desired price/feature trade-off within the iTalkBB plan family.

Here are some comparison with other popular VoIP provider in US as it stands today:

Plan Comparison Chart
	iTalkBB	Vonage	AT&T / SBC	Verizon
	Global Unlimited Plan	Premium Unlimited	All Distance Select	Verizon Freedom
Monthly Fee	$24.99	$24.99	$39.94	$44.99
Local Calling	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
US & Canada Calling	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
International Calling	Includes 20+ Countries	Includes Some European Countries	Not Included	Not Included
China Phone Number	Yes	No	No	No
Calls to China, HK & Taiwan	Unlimited	$0.06-$0.10/min	$0.10/min	$2.23/min
Calls from China to US and Canada	Unlimited	No	No	No
Taxes & Additional fees	No	~$32	~$132	~$145
Total/14 months	$299	$382	$691	$875
Total Savings	—	$83	$392	$576