ILpt4U
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Re: HELP - Vonage Internet slowdown
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
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Alma, AR | which is cheaper for a non dsl costumer vonage or ATT CV |
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Toollio
join:2003-11-17
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| 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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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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