 
Matt
Gone playing Dragon Age Origins
Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC | Once again..... ....you get what you pay for. | |
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 | DSLrgm
Premium,MVM
join:2002-08-22
Oak Park, MI | 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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BaBaBuHai
@adelphia.net
| No problems here. 818 / Los Angeles.
The only time I have any Vonage related problem is when I have an Adelphia cable modem problem. Otherwise, all is good all the time. Regarding emergencies, a cell phone is good for that. If you don't have a cell phone or have weak cell coverage in your area, a) get the least expensive POTS line or b) meet your neighbors and use their phone.
Just my $0.02. | |
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| tbeckner
join:2004-03-20
Bend, OR | Outages here this afternoon, people calling me are getting this phone number is disconnected, but only 66% of the time. | |
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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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Seandhi
Seeing From a New Level
Premium
join:2003-04-19
Humble, TX
|  Re: Even if Vonage...
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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| army5
join:2002-04-30
Oklahoma City, OK
| 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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SquareSlinky
Premium
join:2004-05-25
Tampa, FL
 ·Verizon FIOS
 ·ViaTalk
| 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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warriors
It's A Great Time Out
join:2001-06-05
Alviso, CA
| 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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join:2002-04-30
Oklahoma City, OK | Re: Even if Vonage... Let me clarify my response to the original post:
Outages should not be acceptable by the consumer.
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| Vonage User5
join:2004-05-15
Hillsborough, NC | LOL, well put
W 04' | |
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| tommytomtom
join:2002-08-15
Springfield, VA
| said by kapil :
...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.
Well said kapil; I'm a 56 year old man and I can't stop laughing because I have similar feelings towards Verizon. | |
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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: | Re: Edge? What edge? Question...
Anyone know if Tivo or Dish Receivers can use Vonage to make the necessary calls? | |
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| | dwx
join:2003-09-26
Los Gatos, CA
| 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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| | | k_mumm
join:2001-06-14
Laramie, WY | 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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| | sektor1952
join:2001-02-28
Palm Coast, FL | Yes my dvr works with vonage. | |
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Premium
join:2004-07-26
Redford, MI
clubs: | What did you do to the Tivo to adapt it to use the broadband connect VS the Dialup? | |
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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
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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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| keyboard5684
join:2001-08-01
Youngsville, PA
·Teliax VOIP
 ·WestPAnet Inc.
 ·WestPAnet Inc. CA..
| 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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72276539
Premium
join:2001-01-19
Atlanta, GA
| Re: No issues here Actually if your house is on fire the last thing you want to do is make a phone call from inside your house.  Neighbors do have phones, hopefully.
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some people believe in astrology others believe in technology some people believe in all those -ologies but i believe in swordfish | |
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join:2001-08-01
Youngsville, PA | Re: No issues here Well, if it makes you feel better I was on my cordless phone, I was not in the house!
What if the neighbors had Vonage though! | |
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72276539
Premium
join:2001-01-19
Atlanta, GA
| Re: No issues here said by keyboard5684 :
Well, if it makes you feel better I was on my cordless phone, I was not in the house!
What if the neighbors had Vonage though!
Sucks to be you.
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join:2000-09-29
Southfield, MI | Re: No issues here Who does not have a cell phone? All 5 of you need to respond  | |
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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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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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NY Tel
Premium
join:2004-04-09
Smithtown, NY
·VOIPo
| Re: Hmmmm! Welcome to the world of CallVantage, probably the most hated service on these boards simply because people associate the service with the company.
I look at it this way:
For 5 dollars more a month than Vonage, I get a phone that works.
And no choppiness, garbled voices etc. like what I used to experience when I had Vonage. | |
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Nobbie16
join:2000-09-28
Jersey City, NJ
| Vonage - Spinning towards ground, FAST It is ridiculous now. Website is down and can't login to turn off call forwarding. This seems to be an almost everyday problem. One of the nice features which had me get the service TWO years was the convenience of call forwarding. Now I get home and my calls are ringing somewhere else with no option to do anything about it. Not even tech support can change it because they are locked out too. That is what I was told when I called. This has been going on long before the big outages last week. I am fed up!!!
The only thing taht has me now is the virtual numbers. Packet8 was supposed to have them soon...I will check them out tonight to see if that is available. Vonage, you're hanging by a thread with me now. One more problem and you're gone!!! | |
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Eat Me
join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ | Re: Vonage - Spinning towards ground, FAST Works fine for me here. My home phone is in Queens New York and I'm here in Morristown, NJ (at work) and I can access everything on VOnage's site. | |
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| | Doubledee32
join:2002-06-20
Charlotte, NC
| Re: Vonage - Spinning towards ground, FAST I know the feeling-I really did enjoy Vonage but lately things seem to be falling apart-So I switched to Callvantage from AT&T and I love it. No static in my calls and no echos and the sound quality is "Excellent". I'm a VERY happy callvantage customer. | |
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| | | Kiwi
Premium
join:2003-05-26
USA
·Comcast
·Aristotle Internet
| Re: Vonage Getting variable results, the whole router -Vonage hardware will be redone tomorrow..Oops, today then I'll have some numbers and results to work with. Today with all Rigs flying I didn't have a problem, but I want the hit & miss thing decided once and for all.
Still resent paying $32 to SBC for nothing more than keeping a line open for broadband, so if it does not work out I'll still be hunting down another VoIP. SBC's fault for out pricing themselves, not like they don't get huge profits -Basic service is outrageously priced.
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| | | | Kiwi
Premium
join:2003-05-26
USA | Re: Vonage All is well..Vonage is a keeper, wish they would explain issues though. | |
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sipuser
@rr.com | Re: Vonage Try sipphone.com they have virtual numbers. | |
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fibernut2
@172.19.x.x | The Quite One Try using Net2Phone. They're running on Level 3's network. Level 3 is the only 100% pure IP fiberoptic telcom. | |
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niteeyes0
join:2001-08-27
Laurel, MD
| Vonage out today... Looks like I missed out on the other Vonage outages, since I'm not home a lot, but I was lucky enough to catch this one. Their web page is inaccessible as well. Seems like this has been going on for me since yesterday. Anyone have a customer service number I can call (from a cell phone )? | |
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Sincerely
@comcast.n
|  Not ready for prime time
Feeling really bad about dumping them - but service just not tolerable. | |
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westbranch
@susc.suscom | Service? Can anyone tell me about the pros and cons of vonage. thinking of switching to vonage | |
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