It's legal because,
1) It's for personal use, or non-profit.
2) Mainly because it does not use the Honduran phone network to complete the call.
going a bit tecnical I would say that maybe Packet8 can set up their devices to use the G.729 codec, while Vonage probably uses the default G.711 codec. 729 uses about 1/8 of the bandwith that 711 uses, so in a limited bandwith situation a call using 729 would sound much better than using 711. There might be a slightly lower call quality with 729 but it's almost undetectable most of the times (unless you are sending a fax or something like that).
Angel
----- Original Message -----
From: Linda Brown
To: travel-to-honduras.....com
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 6:20 PM
Subject: Re: [travel-to-honduras] Re: Calling rates to Honduras
We use the Packet8 system in our home here on Roatan and it works well, as long as the internet provider stays up. It is 20 bux US a month and that is unlimited calling anywhere in the US or Canada, and discounted rates everywhere else. They also give you voice mail, caller ID etc. for the same price. Pick any area code in either US or Canada that you want your phone number to be. We use 408 area code since my husband's office is in that area code so when he is there it is a local call for him to home, and anyone else calling us are billed to the call to California, not Honduras. Completly leagal. For some reason here on Roatan the Packet8 system seems to work better than Vonage.
Linda
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