WillyO
@pacbell.net
| HELP - Vonage Internet slowdown
I am a new vonage user and have had no problems with the phone service. However, the vonage router (Motorola VT2142RB) seems to be choking my internet speed to dial-up speeds. I am able to reset my ATT supplied motorola modem and get the speeds back up to normal for a few hours, but then it slows to a crawl again.
Vonage says there will be some slowdown with their router, but this is unbearably slow. Vonage had be change the QOS settings, but this morning I had the same problem again.
Anyone have a similar problem.
FYI, it is a brand new house with CAT 5. |
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dualsub2006
join:2007-07-18
Newport, KY | I don't use my Vonage router as a router. My wireless router handles all of the net access, including for the Vonage device. Put it behind another router for Internet access and all should be right with the world for you. |
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jchambers28
join:2007-05-12
Alma, AR | why is there a slow down with their router did a bypass with vonage router service works great its ok as long you don't hook a pc up to it why is that just wondering? |
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Scree
In the pipe 5 by 5
join:2001-04-24
Mount Laurel, NJ
1 edit | It's just a lousy router design, I'd imagine. lol |
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ILpt4U
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join:2006-11-12
Lisle, IL
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| reply to WillyO
said by WillyO :
I am a new vonage user and have had no problems with the phone service. However, the vonage router (Motorola VT2142RB) seems to be choking my internet speed to dial-up speeds. I am able to reset my ATT supplied motorola modem and get the speeds back up to normal for a few hours, but then it slows to a crawl again.
Vonage says there will be some slowdown with their router, but this is unbearably slow. Vonage had be change the QOS settings, but this morning I had the same problem again.
Anyone have a similar problem.
FYI, it is a brand new house with CAT 5.
As an AT&T DSL Customer, you qualify for AT&T's VoIP called CallVantage (CV) at a price of $19.99/month for unlimited local/long distance calling. Similar to Vonage, but $5 less for unlimited US & Canada calling.
»www.usa.att.com/callvantage/index.jsp?
866-596-8464 is CallVantage Customer Service.
To get the $20/month for AT&T DSL customers, you have to call customer service. But it is there. AT&T will supply their own Telephone Adapter for CV |
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jchambers28
join:2007-05-12
Alma, AR | which is cheaper for a non dsl costumer vonage or ATT CV |
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Toollio
join:2003-11-17
Brazil/Cda
| I have never had good luck with Vonage router devices. On the other hand, it's no big deal to run the Vonage ATA through a "real" router, and these days they cost peanuts. You won't experience much in the way of problems if you do that (as others have already pointed out). |
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DownTheShore
Tar and Feather Joe Lieberman
Premium
join:2003-12-02
Beautiful NJ
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Pardon my ignorance, but why would putting another router before the Vonage router cause it not to affect the internet speeds? What settings are changed to make a difference? Isn't the Vonage router doing the same thing it was doing before?
My current set up is:
Broadband > Cable Modem > Vonage Adapter/Router > Computer
Where do you put the other router in that set-up?
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Life is simply one damned thing after another. |
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ILpt4U
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said by jchambers28  :which is cheaper for a non dsl costumer vonage or ATT CV AT&T CallVantage is cheaper IF and ONLY IF you are a current customer of AT&T ADSL, AT&T U-Verse, and/or AT&T Wireless. If you have any and/or all of those other AT&T Services, you qualify for the $5/month discount which makes the AT&T monthly cost $20/month for the unlimited plan.
If you do NOT have any of those services from/thru AT&T, then CallVantage and Vonage are the same price ($25/month for unlimited).
Of course, if you call Western Europe, Vonage is probably a better deal for you, as some European calls are included (I think?) in the Vonage deal. AT&T CallVantage is unlimited only to US & Canada (but I have a feeling that is plenty for many, if not most, US consumers). |
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digitalslurp
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join:2008-04-22
Richmond, VA
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| reply to DownTheShore
Yes the Vonage router is doing the same thing it was doing before, the difference is the user would connect to the other router so their connection wouldn't be passed through the Vonage router causing slow speeds.
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DownTheShore
Tar and Feather Joe Lieberman
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join:2003-12-02
Beautiful NJ
clubs: | Ah, I see. Thanks for that.  |
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digitalslurp
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Richmond, VA
clubs: | reply to WillyO
No problem. |
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