ubetdsl
join:2002-12-02
Santa Rosa, CA
|  reply to AJuan
Re: VOIP Vontage Questions
I have been using Vonage for about a month and a half and so far, very good. I have the 24.99 plan with an 800 number so it ends up just over thirty a month. Worth every penny...we make alot of calls to Canada, this is the big savings! My favorite feature: you can have your voicemail sent as a .wav file to your email box! I love this when Im at work.
Like many have said here, how happy you are will depend largely on your connection. I have very reliable 1200/128 DSL with excellent latency and very low packet loss, so Vonage works like a charm for me. I have only had one call dropped on Vonage so far and it was when someone called the POTS side of my DSL. My wife was using the Vona-phone, I picked up the voice side, had a conversation with a buddy, and when I hung up it hosed the Vonage call. Anyone else have this experience?
And anon Juan is right, definitely get a UPS for the equipment. Power failure is very rare in my neighborhood but I got my UPS mostly for its built in voltage regulator. Didnt realize how much voltage actually fluctuates on our grid till I got my UPS (it makes faint clicking noises when correcting voltage) Now I make "clean" power a priority for all my beloved equiptment/toys!
Good luck! |
