If you mean phone service rather than a phone line, then your statement isn't correct.
SpeakEasy has a service they call OneLink which allows you to get DSL without phone service. It's an additional $6/month over their normal DSL rates. - |Daryll On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 10:38:46 -0500, Matthew Boehm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Switching to DSL would require me to get a phone line, which kinda defeats > the purpose of doing VoIP. =) > > Matthew > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ryan Wilkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 10:18 AM > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] QoS Router/Software Suggestions > > > For what it's worth, I just shutdown my PC based gateway last week and > > replaced it with an Efficient Networks 5861 ADSL router. The 5861 is > > billed as a Business Class DSL Router. It comes with Stateful > > Firewall, DHCP, NAT, VPN, and QoS (WFQ), among other things. I have > > not setup the QoS yet, but then I've been able to carry on VoIP > > conversations without issue, even on a well utilized line. > > > > The idea was to find a suitable replacement with the PC-based gateway > > crashing on a semi-regular basis. Instead of getting another PC, I > > just replaced the whole thing. There are obviously some trade-offs but > > for my situation, it works well. > > > > You said you use RoadRunner so this router wont work for you, but > > perhaps you have been entertaining a switch to DSL. I use SpeakEasy > > and have had very few problems with them. > > > > If you, or someone else reading this, decide to go the 5861 route get > > version 6.1.001 firmware. The older firmware isn't that great. You > > can find the 5861 on eBay for cheap. I bought mine for $13.01. Info > > on the 5861 can be found somewhere on http://www.efficient.com and the > > firmware can be found by searching for it on Google. > > > > Ryan Wilkins > > > > On Oct 12, 2004, at 11:00 AM, Matthew Boehm wrote: > > > > > I've got a Linksys BEFSR41 at home with RoadRunner service. I'm pretty > > > sure > > > it doesn't do QoS. I'm using WinXP Pro and not sure if it does QoS. I'm > > > using SJ Phone and...(follow the pattern). > > > > > > I have to stop all network traffic on my machine if I want to have any > > > hopes > > > of making a clear call. But I shouldn't need to do that, right? Because > > > somewhere the data packets should be getting queued and my voice > > > packets > > > should be having top priority right? > > > > > > How can I ensure this? > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
