Vonage is good. It uses ~ 100k incoming and outgoing when you are on a call. Standard DSL may only have 128k outgoing, so it's right at the limit of some connections. If you are saturating your connection with downloads or uploads, you will notice dropped packets. It uses UDP so any lost packets are skipped and you notice them as silent parts during the phone call that last fractions of a second. You can log into their control panel and adjust the bandwidth your device uses to improve call quality or reduce throughput. In a business environment you can prioritize VOIP at the firewall or router so employees downloading porn will have to wait a bit longer, and the phone calls always sound good.
-Dave Walton On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin <ka...@striplin.net> wrote: > Anybody using one of these VOIP deals like vonage, or that magic jack thing? > Does it work OK? Do you still get caller ID etc? Can you still receive > faxes and stuff over it? How fast of a connection do you need? I have > about a 1-1.5 meg connection. > -- > Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK > 95 E300, 92 300SD, 92 300E 4Matic, 91 300D, 91 300E, 89 560SEL, > 89 300E, 87 300SDL x2, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, 85 190D, 84 190D x2, > 84 300D euro manny, 81 240D, 80 240D, 76 240D, 76 300D, > http://www.okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
