[ltp] VOIP

[morpheus]

> > Has anyone here had experience with Vonage or Broadvoice?
> (snip)
We use Vonage and the quality is so-so, though the price can't be beat.
You will occasionally have to reset the adapter because it randomly
loses the ability to send caller ID to the telephones.
They sent us a Motorola router with VoIP adapter built-in, so we use the
router as our router, and plug the phone port into one of our phone
jacks, then wire all the phone jacks together in the basement so we have
service to all the phone jacks in the house.
The voice quality of domestic calls is mostly good, though occasionally
you'll get dead air.  International calls are cheap but of very low
quality with high time lag and very often getting dead air.  Also, they
will sometimes lose their connection to certain countries for days
before they're able to restore it.
If you're willing to make compromises, you can save a lot of money.
-m
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