On 4/6/06, Kenneth Burgener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am interested in setting up VOIP for my home phone and looking for > some suggestions. I currently have Comcast for my phone and pay $40 a > month. The BroadVoice $10 plan includes everything my $40 Comcast plan > has. You can probably see why I am interested in switching. We also > have cell phones that we use primarily, and have been talking about just > disconnecting the home phone, but my wife is not ready for that. So I > figured a $10 VOIP solution would work nicely for us. > > So here is my dilemma. I have had two friends suggest using BroadVoice. > I then spoke with one of those friends on the phone. I was very > disappointed. His voice sounded like a tin can, and every third word > was dropped. He says he is also using Comcast for Internet. I am okay > with cell phone quality, but this is several levels down from that. Is > this what I am to expect? Is there anything that can be done about the > quality? > > My second question is that I don't want to replace my current phone > system with SIP phones. I would prefer to get a phone adapter. What is > a good high quality phone adapter? The one that I thought was nice was > the Cisco 168 [1]. The one my friend was using was the Linksys PAP2. > When I looked for the PAP2 it said it requires Vonage? What phone > adapter device has worked best for you? > > Thanks for the suggestions > > > Kenneth > > > [1] > http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/gatecont/ps514/products_data_sheet09186a008007cd72.html
Be careful - Comcast has been known to have issues passing (non Comcast) SIP traffic in the past. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
