Review by fireguysc 
UPDATED: 4.8 years ago
member for 4.8 years, 2 visits, last login: 4.7 years ago
 Columbia,Richland,SC
 $20 per month
 about 7 days
 "Cheap, good sound quality, OK tech support."
 "Can be difficult to install, tech support can be hard to understand."
 "Worth it! For all the hassle initially, I am up and running for half of what I used to pay!"
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I originally ordered Vonage, and then discovered Lingo. I cancelled Vonage, based sheerly on price. I got the Lingo box and shipped the Vonage box back, all a fairly harmless process. Vonage was nice about it and refunded my money happily.
Onto Lingo. I had a HECK of a time installing it. I ended up spending over an hour on the phone with their tech support and finally got someone who knew what he was doing. Here is my setup...
Time Warner Cable Roadrunner
Motorola SBG 1000 Wireless Cable Modem with router
The SBG 1000 is the problem in the mix, but Lingo helped me figure it out (helps I am a tech and knew what he was doing) but overall I am now happy.
Still waiting on LNP, but we'll see!
20 bucks a month and I can call South American for .05/min! Worth it to me!!
Chris
www.flymetoperu.com
UPDATE!! Updated 09.11.04
I was having trouble with continually losing my VoIP light. calls dropping out in the middle, poor line condition and other problems. So I began to try and figure the problem out. Here is the process I undertook.
1. I went through the Motorola SBG 1000 cable modem and router in one and placed the Lingo ATA in all sorts of different configurations, such as Static IP, Dynamic IP, DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) and others, with no additional success. The router is by default set for a one hour DHCP lease time, so I increased that to 10 hours, to no avail.
2. I decided that the problem probably lied within the Lingo adapter, so I went to Staples and bought the Vonage adapter made by Linksys and Cisco. I had it up and running in minutes. I had planned to cancel Lingo and switch to Vonage.
3. Same problem occured. So I realized the problem was probably router based, so I went back to (by calling Roadrunner) Motorola Surfboard sb4200 modem and D-Link DI 704P router. Hooked it all up and was up and running immediately.
4. Final point, it seems the SBG 1000 was entirely the problem, and just needed to go away. I didn't even have to set port forwarding or open the firewall or anything. No additional configuration was needed to make d link router work with LIngo. Have made and recieved calls flawlessly.
That said, I am keeping Lingo, and am pretty sure all my problems are solved.
I'll keep you posted.
Yours,
Chris
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