jaz7
join:2005-06-28
Somerville, MA
1 edit | A note about Verizon's VoiceWing Why am I sitting here, unemployed, when these companies are run and staffed by such dolts?
After speaking with Vonage a while, and not getting any satisfaction re "if you supply your own ATA, then upon cancellation there will be $40 disconnection fee, which will be refunded upon return of the ATA,..." (sigh).
Later speaking with Verizon about other matters, I learned of VoiceWing. It seemed that for $5 more per month I'd get to deal with smarter people instead... but this turned out be a fantasy.
I ordered VoiceWing, but after spending a few hours trying to setup my so-so Netgear MR814 (new firmware, reboot everything, port forward, reboot again, check UPnP, reboot, ..., buy a new phone) I phoned Verizon and talked a bit. After another 2 hours of fiddling I called them to say that they're welcome to come out to my home and get it working, and I would not cancel service. (whirr, bizzzt, crackle). Okay, one more go with tech support...
It turned out that the Linksys PAP2 firmware was not getting the proper default gateway. Why? Perhaps it's because they assume everyone is running 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0 at home(?). I surmised that if I could not rely on the ATA to boot properly on any DHCP router (on a corporate LAN, for example) then screw it. Goodbye.
So I've decided that until a VoIP provider is completely open to which ATA I use, and not lock out the admin interface, then they're going to have to live without me. Although maybe I'll try Skype, but only because there's no Term agreement, tho I'm leary of the fact that no non-PC gateway exists yet (e.g. an ATA for direct RJ11-to-Router connection) and I'll have to connect through my PC. (I'm hoping that somebody comes up with a Skype module for the Sveasoft firmware, if/when it comes out for the WRTP54G).
Oh, and then there's there are VoIP Wi-Fi phones -- Vonage has a beta... so it's coming!
Jaz |
