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How about a VOIP General catagory?
Anyway, I am looking to get a VOIP line at home on a cable modem. I heard that my RCA modem may not be the best modem to have for that. Any suggestions? Also what about the ATA adapters? I am looking at the Sipura SPA-2000 but the Grandstream looks good too. Any input? What about plans? there seem to be alot of them out there, anyone got nay input to some real winners? Losers?
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Well first I would do a google for your area, as google has a local search now. I have vonage at my home and I am not impressed with it at all, half the time it's so bad I can't hear or be heard.
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DTMF: Who do you have as a backbone, Qwest or Comcast for your vonage?
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Comcast, there upload sucks and that is more then likely the problem.
Russ runs a local service and private tech center. [/url]
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That is a drag, you need a good broadband connection or it can be painfull. Any other Highspeed choices available to you? Here all the cable companies and providers are providing VoIP services so their networks support QOS and prioritize VoIP traffic. ------------------ One stop Voice and Data Solutions VoIP
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That's the kicker, comcast offers to bring you a line but really aren't in a hurry to bump it up for a third parties IP line. They are about to loose a customer.
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I've had vonage for about a year now and have not had one single problem.
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billflippen, once you choose a voip provider they should set you up with every thing you need, (new modem, ATA) You may have options to buy or lease to buy. Some companies want a year lease then after that its yours.
Keep that POTS line, or make sure you have the 911 access with only your voip.
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Some problems I have ran into are:
-fax machines can not use lines
-Alarm systems can not use lines
-some companies can not offer 911
-some charge more to keep your old number
-trunk to trunk conference calls do not release (unsupervised conferece)
Messing with a Sipura SPA2100 now!
Good Luck!!
If all else fails, use a BFH.
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