I put off switching from my ILEC to a competitive provider for way too long, especially now that it’s easy to find a competing provider, thanks to VoIP offerings. I’d been through switches with CLECs before, and can tell horror-stories about number porting. I never really split out my long-distance, just always left that with whoever provided the dial tone. I have a friend who seemed to spend way too much time getting set up with Vonage, but had heard good things about Primus — the rates compared well, and I decided to give them a go. But first, I’d put them to the test.