VoIP Service Recommendations?

[SADShooter]

I have a cable/internet/phone bundle with TWC, and I need to economize. I've decided to ditch cable. Only option to switch at my location is AT&T, and pricing is comparable. I use NetFlix streaming and just got a Roku, so the only real sacrifice will be instant gratification for Justified/Walking Dead/SoA/etc.

In addition to internet access, I want to keep a "land line" phone, because a) I spend hours per week talking long-distance, and doing that on my cell phone (Verizon HTC Droid 2) is impractical due to poor signal and comfort, and b) I have bills and services tied to the home phone number I don't want to shift to the cell. I've also become a bit of a Luddite recently, not keeping up with tech advances.

So, thoughts on VoIP service providers or other options for my situation?

TIA,

SADShooter

[Marnoot]

We've been very happy with Ooma. The VOIP modem is a bit spendy (~$100), but after that you only pay taxes/goobermint fees every month, which comes to $3.74/month for us. Includes unlimited nationwide calling, and voicemail. The fancier features require more/month but we don't care enough about them to shell out any more.

[geronimotwo]

I've heard good things about ooma, and we would have gotten one except that they can't transfer our phone #yet. (hopefully soon!)

[Marnoot]

If they can transfer your number, they do charge for it ($40, or buy a year of their premium service). We didn't care enough to pay the extra when we switched, as not enough people knew the number for it to be a hassle.

[GigaBuist]

When I was an IT consultant, but working at home, it was important for me to have a "phone" at home but given that all of my clients were distant a traditional line would have been really costly.

Vonage was my first go-to.  It worked, and it was simple, but I had horrible quality problems with it.  The slightest uptick of traffic on my LAN would turn the conversation into  R2D2 squeaks and pops.  I tried fixing it with QoS rules but never did find a solution.

Skype worked much better.  Granted, I only used it from a PC, but they do have WiFi handset models that work with their service.  And the service is basically free unless you want a dedicated number for people to call you.  I think it was was something stupid low like $12/year for that.  Don't quote me, but it was cheaper than Vonage and I felt it worked better.

[RoadKingLarry]

It's all gonna be VoIP in 6 years anyway.

[Gewehr98]

Been using Vonage since 2002. 

No problems at all, but they will not offer call blocking. 

That's a pain, especially coming election time, etc.