I finally have my Vonage up and running. The activation is done and the number transfer is complete. My question is (and it's a dumb one): I'm just able to use only the ONE line out of the router now, correct? There's no way to wire the house for all the phone jacks to work? I pretty much stuck using a cordless phone, right?
That's the way I am with Lingo, although somebody told me there is a way to connect it up so all the lines in your house work. My Lingo box has stopped working for some reason though so I haven't been able to try anything.
Here's a GUIDE if you're technical enough to pull it off. You don't have to run Cat5 throughout your house. Time-Warner will even set this up for you, but it's a moot point now since you have Vonage. Otherwise, you need to pick up a nice powerful cordless phone setup with multiple handsets.
My VoIP allows for it, though I do not it. The deal is that iirc you can use the POTS wiring but you have to disconnect the POTS at the entry box to the house (ie your old connection to SBC/ATT must be disconnected)
I've had digital phone from Time Warner since last summer. However, they have failed to provide the technology that enables me to get a second line. I can get a second line with Vonage so I am ready to change. Will I be able to pick up any phone in the house (as I do now) and call out or receive calls in-- without getting a new set of house phones?
I use VOIP and have it from different places. I am not sure how we set it up like that. I will try and remember, and check with my wife.
My current setup only has one line. It's plugged into the router so I'm having to put in a cordless phone and carry it around the house.
I think if you want to have other lines on VoIP you would have to set up another subscriber line with the company you are the service on. One drawback to VoIP is if no electricity, no service, doh.
TWC set up my parent's house so that the line from the modem runs to one of the existing phone jacks, and this allows them to put corded phones on any of the phone jacks anywhere in the house. Before I realized this, I bought an expandable wireless phone system and extra handsets, so my parents could have a phone ready anywhere there was an electric socket. I believe TWC uses various contractors to do the wiring, you should be able to contact one and tell them what you want done for not too much money.
For those of you that have VOIP and Vonage. I am looking into this form of having phone service but wanted to get your thoughts on it. How long have you had it and what are the pros and cons for a newbie looking into switching. It appears that VOIP is cheaper per month and has more phone services as compared to Vonage. I currently have Bellsouth for my phone service (both local and long distance). Paying about $70 including all the surcharges and I also pay an additional $45 dollars for Bellsouth DSL Extreme. So my monthly Bellsouth bill runs around $115 per month. I know I would still have to maintain the DSL service with Bellsouth but what else could I eliminate? Would I still have to pay some smaller fee to Bellsouth to maintain my home phone number? What would you see my actual monthly savings to be? Your comments would be greatly appreciated.
curious what you all think of Vonage or other VOIP sound quality. I have Vonage, running over TW Cable, and the quality is often worse than a cell phone. Usually fine on my end, but my callers have a lot of problems, as do i when i phone home.
I've got a single line Vonage and I can pick up any phone in my house. I do have Cat5 but I don't beleive that is necessary. You just need to "jump" the red/green wires over from a newly installed jack into an old jack. It's really easy. Quality seems to be fine for me in my 5-6 months of using it. Earlier this week is the first time somebody said they couldn't hear me well. I hung up and called back and it was fine. That happened with my old land line sometimes too so no biggy.
My VOIP quality is pretty good. The only problem is that sometimes when the cable company is working on the cable and the internet is down, I can't use the phone. During those rare times I have to use a cell phone. It is worth it because of the money we save and those instances are rare, but in the 8 months we have had the service it has happened 3 times. Once for about twelve hours.
Our bill with taxes is significantly cheaper than that. But the catch is you will have to pay for cable internet hookup or something along those lines. The quality usually is fine, and the only real pain is when the internet is down and you are regulated to cell phone. Also they don't dial regular 911. They have their own specail service. So that is something to consider. If you also have a cell phone I recommend VOIP. It has been worth it because... 1. We would have cable internet anyway 2. It is cheaper 3. I am hoping we won't have any serious 911 emergency issues.
