Any of you started using voip?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 2:35 am

In my area I can get this package deal, I’ll contact them tomorrow for further infos, I think it’s a good deal. What do you think?
http://www.videotron.com/services/Forwa ... ng=ENGLISH

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 3:33 am

I had Vonage and it sucked. No matter how much bandwidth I dedicated to VOIP, the sound would get garbled. The routers always seem to have problems (tried two different routers). They would always drop part of the of the signal; I could make calls but not receive them or the other way around. Alot of the time I didn't have phone service at all. My internet would work fine, but no phone line. I ended up switching back to regular telephone service, even though I had 6 months of free Vonage service coming.

That technology still needs alot of work.

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 5:39 am

Humm, i have delt with that a few times gramps. but usually the BEST way, and trust me i know you dont want to hear this..

but what i found works is getting a Voip server, that dubbles as a router, there are tons of aapp's and etc that can do this, and something as simple as a 200mhz box can do this, and it will also include loggin and etc.

as it sits though, with current technoligy that is made to be "simple" it does need to come a long way, but if you are willing to set out the right resources, then you will benefit. right?

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 5:45 am

They sent me two different VOIP routers, specifically for their service and neither one of them worked right. I'm not saying that it was Vonage for sure that was the problem. It could have been some kind of conflict with my ISP. All I know is that it was suppose to work and didn't(most of the time).

Thanks for the heads up though.

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 5:47 am

yea man, i will keep an eye out, i am trying to get more of a grasp with this comming voip craze.

thanks for the input

Post by **Giraffe }{unter** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 2:27 pm

YourGrandpa wrote:I had Vonage and it sucked. No matter how much bandwidth I dedicated to VOIP, the sound would get garbled. The routers always seem to have problems (tried two different routers). They would always drop part of the of the signal; I could make calls but not receive them or the other way around. Alot of the time I didn't have phone service at all. My internet would work fine, but no phone line. I ended up switching back to regular telephone service, even though I had 6 months of free Vonage service coming.

That technology still needs alot of work.

I've had Vonage for a few months and I think it's great, we're saving about $35.00 a month and no service problems. I have the little linksys pap2 adapter slightly larger than a pack of smokes so we can take it with us when we travel. I had one issue with the voicemail lights on the phone not turning off, but that was due to their voicemail upgrade and the fact that I never finished setting up my VM.

Post by **Freakaloin** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 2:33 pm

i hate vonage...everytime one of those morons calls me i hear an echo...i tell them to get fucked and hang up...time warner has good service though...

Post by **Ryoki** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 2:51 pm

I installed skype the other day - haven't tried it yet though.