Matt
Take me down to the paradise city
Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC | Once again.....
....you get what you pay for. |
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N3OGH
Bear patrol must be working like a charm
Premium
join:2003-11-11
Philly burbs | No problems here
Working here in 610 (Philly Metro)
Web site is also working. There is a service announcement up about the adaptor needing a reboot... |
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kapil
The Kapil
join:2000-04-26
Chicago, IL
| Even if Vonage...
...had an outage every hour and attached electrodes to my nuts and shocked the living bejesus out of me to notify me of such outages each time they occured...IT WOULD STILL BE BETTER than dealing with the blood sucking nephews of Satan who staff the SBC customer service department.
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::: Do, or do not, there is no try:::»www.kapilville.com |
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Seandhi
Seeing From a New Level
Premium
join:2003-04-19
Humble, TX
|  Here here! I'll take an occasional outage over over-priced POTS any day.
But really, I have yet to experience any of the outages that I keep reading about.... Maybe I just don't use my phone enough.
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Michael Badnarik for President.
The Party of Principle. »www.lp.org |
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dmh748
join:2002-03-07
Boston, MA
| Edge? What edge?
Vonage had an edge?
Ok, sure, Vonage has excellent marketing and PR skills. They are also using the fact that they are a private company and can make all kinds of statements and forecasts without being accountable to anyone.
But in reality Vonage is just a fantastic marketing engine. They don't have any proprietary software or their own network or in house designed hardware or anything.
As their business grows, many of the same subcontractors that Vonage is using for network and call termination services (like Level3) will market their services direct, without giving margin to Vonage. And then they won't necessarily help their competitor.
It's tough being dependent on everybody else for everything. |
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chesney09
Premium
join:2004-07-26
Redford, MI
clubs: | Question...
Anyone know if Tivo or Dish Receivers can use Vonage to make the necessary calls? |
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jaa
Premium,MVM
join:2000-06-13 | It was down?
Well, if you say so.
If it was down, it is up now and I never noticed. |
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alchav
join:2002-05-17
Palm Desert, CA
 ·Pacific Bell - SBC
| Don't ever Burn your Bridges!
VoIP is here to stay, and it will only get better, but a good solid Land Line is always a good back-up. Since Networks are the future, the home should be just like Companies set-up their Voice and Data Networks. They always have C.O. Lines (Central Office Lines.) All you need to buy from the Telco's are LifeLines. A little planning goes a long way. |
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Count Hogula3
John Forged Kerry
Premium
join:2004-07-10
Corona, CA
| Hmmmm....
Junk fees, bad customer service, money blown on marketing rather than QoS issues...
They really are living up to their name as the broadband PHONE COMPANY.
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dwx
join:2003-09-26
Los Gatos, CA
| reply to chesney09
Re: Edge? What edge?
said by chesney09  :
Question...
Anyone know if Tivo or Dish Receivers can use Vonage to make the necessary calls?
Yes, but you need to slow it down to 9600 baud by entering the correct dialing codes... do a search on »www.tivocommunity.com/ to find it, I can't remember what it was offhand.
-dwx |
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army5
join:2002-04-30
Oklahoma City, OK
| reply to kapil
Re: Even if Vonage...
I'm not real familiar with this type of service, but it would make me wonder how this would affect those needing their phones for emergencies. I'm sure those people would disagree with you.
Outages should not be an acceptable practice.
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To fill the hour, that is true happiness - Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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icecold976
join:2002-07-20
Orlando, FL | No issues here
Never had a problem here at all. I have been on the phone most of past few days dealing with insurance companies for medical problems and haven't experience any outages what so ever.
-Ice |
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sirsloop
Premium
join:2004-02-18
New York, NY | waiting for the linksys adapter
--- cannot wait for the stupid motorola adapter to phase out and the nw linksys adapters to show up. Doesn't resolve networking issues such as widespread outages but certianly WILL provide REAL QOS and a much more stable unit for custoemrs to have! |
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SquareSlinky
Premium
join:2004-05-25
Tampa, FL
 ·Verizon FIOS
 ·ViaTalk
| reply to army5
Re: Even if Vonage...
Can you tell Verizon that, please? For years when ever it rained (I am in florida, it rains for an hour almost every day during the summer) I lost my phone for at least 2 days. I live in the city of Tampa, so I am not in the sticks. Verizon's answer was to get line insurance which costs more. They then replaced a box that they should have replaced in the beginning because its their box, and the problem continued. I eventually moved.
Vonage has gone out on me 2 times in a 1.5 years for 20 minutes. A tiny blip for the cost savings, and a major saver in the pain in the arse verizon factor. |
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keyboard5684
join:2001-08-01
Youngsville, PA
·Teliax VOIP
 ·WestPAnet Inc.
 ·WestPAnet Inc. CA..
| reply to icecold976
Re: No issues here
I have not seen any of the three outages everyone is talking about. In fact, the only outage I remember was at least six months ago.
Even so, If these 3 outages really did happen (apparently to some it did, I wonder who is clarifying these outages as wide spread) it is still worth it. I pay $23 and I get far more than I did with my $50+ Verizon bill.
Also, and I know this will shock people, but my Verizon pots line had more outages than my Vonage ever has. I do not live in a rural area (that rural, its in a city) and each time it required a truck roll. One outage lasted 8 days!
So I say quit blowing this out of proportion. People watch Vonage like a hawk yet I do not see a forum for "my pots is out again" when I know it happens. I see cases in my area where entire COs go out, Verizon and the CLECs or other things like that.
Emergency? My 911 service, which I used once on my pots line did not work. I used it once on my cell also and it did work, just the wrong department but close enough, right? When your house is on fire the last thing you want is to spend time to try and get connected to the proper person. Pots is no better in that area so it is an invalid argument. I hear it all the time but truth is you really do not know until you have to use it. When your dying on the floor of your living room I bet it will not matter if you have Vonage or POTS, it will matter how lucky you are (or if you are a religious person if god is looking to keep you alive). |
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DSLrgm
Premium,MVM
join:2002-08-22
Oak Park, MI | reply to Matt
Re: Once again.....
Not much different from the days of the first Internet exchanges. The big guys would play peering games and traffic routing became highly suboptimal for some of the small ISPs. |
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Doubledee32
join:2002-06-20
Charlotte, NC | Hmmmm!
Well I've switched over from Vonage to Callvantage(AT&T) and I must admit for the few extra dollars its worth it. I don't have call reutrn(*69) but no biggie and the sound quality blows Vonage away! |
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k_mumm
join:2001-06-14
Laramie, WY | reply to dwx
Re: Edge? What edge?
Yeah that works fine for the stand alone Tivo but is not possible with the Directv Tivo. Thats what I hear anyways. |
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warriors
It's A Great Time Out
join:2001-06-05
Alviso, CA
| reply to army5
Re: Even if Vonage...
said by army5 :
Outages should not be an acceptable practice.
The industry standard is to maintain no less than 99.999% up time. |
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army5
join:2002-04-30
Oklahoma City, OK | Let me clarify my response to the original post:
Outages should not be acceptable by the consumer.
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To fill the hour, that is true happiness - Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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