--- Terry Stockdale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So, to use both the Vonage system and your laptop,
> you'll have to have to
> purchase 2 IP addresses or swap back and forth? Or,
> does your laptop plug
> into some sort of Vonage adapter?
The Vonage VoIP box, actually made by Motorola, has
both a WAN port and a LAN port. It works as a little
router/DHCP box itself.
Again, to explain the setup: I now have both Eatel DSL
and Cox cable internet coming into my home. The Cox
service is for my wife, who needed a separate Internet
connection due to some funky VoIP problems (stuttering
as others have mentioned) and scarce bandwidth. Since
Eatel hasn't yet brought fiber to my home (10MB) and
Cox is desperately trying to compete with Eatel
($10/month for 3 months), I figured the easiest
solution would be to get a separate Internet
connection for my wife while waiting for Eatel to run
fiber to my home, which will be in about 3 months.
So, we are really only using Cox for VoIP.
> I assume this is something different than purchasing
> phone service from Cox
> Cable.
Right. Cox does not offer VoIP, but instead offers
something like local phone service. My wife needed the
extra services that VoIP provides, like a phone number
in a different area code.
> Do you actually have a phone number, or is
> this basically IM via
> telephone?
Our VoIP service has an actual phone number. The phone
number is handled via Vonage's service. I assume VoIP
phone numbers are analogous to IP addresses in DNS and
must be handled by some service provider.
For more info, see vonage.com and Google for VoIP.
John
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