| Step #1 for Comcast VoIP call 1.) Kill uTorrent
2.) Tell wife to not stream anything
3.) Make offering to the VoIP gods
4.) Dial call
5.) Call back on cell when echo starts |
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| said by Anon Cow :
1.) Kill uTorrent
2.) Tell wife to not stream anything
3.) Make offering to the VoIP gods
4.) Dial call
5.) Call back on cell when echo starts
That's true for my Vonage line but not my CDV, which sounds as good as a landline no matter who is doing what on our home network. And with the triple play bundle I think it's like a dollar more than the Vonage.
To be fair to Vonage I never enabled QoS on my router, so I know I could get better quality out of it. But if I could get a second CDV line for the same price as the bundled one, I'd probably ditch Vonage. But I don't think they have "quadruple play".
I can see why so many people are switching. My other voice option here in Spokane is Qwest, and last I talked with them, their "special" was $28.99 a month for local only, and they had so many different long distance plans they couldn't even keep their own plans straight.
Skype is solid too. I've been thinking of buying a wi-fi phone for Skype and having one less router in the basement, and using it on the road too. |
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 fuziwuziNot born yesterdayPremium
join:2005-07-01
Atlanta, GA | reply to Anon Cow
said by Anon Cow :
1.) Kill uTorrent
2.) Tell wife to not stream anything
3.) Make offering to the VoIP gods
4.) Dial call
5.) Call back on cell when echo starts
I'm glad I don't have to do any of that with my T-Mobile @Home service. Using the T-Mobile supplied Linksys router with the voice ports, it is preconfigured to do QoS for the voice connections, so no user setup required. I've had bittorrent downloading at superfast speeds, and a YouTube video streaming while talking on the phone with no degradation in quality. I've never had a dropped call or static, everyone I talk to (including friends in China) tell me the calls are crystal clear.
And that is unlimited local and domestic long distance for $9.95/month added to my cellphone bill. Can't beat that!
I have it running on my Comcast 6/1 cable service.
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