[nflug] Off topic Vonage phone?

[Tom McKim]

I'd say adelphia cable.  The low level of service is
$25, but there is no annual contracts. 

Power Link (25) and Vonage (15) make a easy $40 per
month communication bill..

--- joshj at linuxmail.org wrote:

> Thus spake Joe on Wed, 8 Mar 2006
> 
> > I know this is a bit off topic, but I'm sure some
> of you have experience with 
> > this.
> >
> > A friend is moving into a new house.  Looking at
> prices, Verizon dsl+Vonage 
> > seems cheaper than regular phone service alone. 
> She will have cable, but the 
> > monthly cable Internet charges seem a bit high.
> >
> > Aside from normal phone usage (USA & Canada
> occasionally), she does basic 
> > email and web surfing - no big downloads or media
> files - unless I'm there 
> > upgrading software.
> >
> > What do I need to watch out for etc. in
> selecting/setting this up?
> >
> > She has a regular cordless phone/answering machine
> and an old notebook 
> > running Win 98se (Firefox/Thunderbird/OOo) that
> has a built-in winmodem and a 
> > 3com ethernet card in it.
> 
> The kind of computer and such doesn't matter for
> Vonnage. It comes with
> an adapter/router that you plug your regular phone
> into (eg. her
> cordless phone and answering machine will work
> fine). I've had it for
> over a year and am pretty happy with it. I have
> adelphia cable. Once in
> a blue moon it will be a little echoey. But that
> hasn't happened in a
> while. If you can, test the connection first:
> http://myspeed.visualware.com/voip/index.html
> 
> I'm not sure about the differences between DSL and
> cable speedwise but
> its probably fine. When I tested it out before I
> bought it I found this
> great site that tested your connection speed and
> then told you about how
> well your voip service would sound: calling over
> seas, calling next door
> on a lanline, cellphone, tin-can-on-a-string. But I
> can't seem to find
> that site now.  Even if she has it for 2
> months and then decides it sucks and drops it for a
> regular phone you
> can't beat the price.
> 
> -Josh
> 
> >
> > Thanks for any pointers.
> >
> > Joe
> >
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Tom McKim, MCSE
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