Vonage...

[Warndalyn]

wow, interesting thread...how da hell did I miss this one? :xeye: I may have to check into this...gotta do the math first, though, cuz I'd still need my land line phone, as well.

 

[Fiyah]

Question for those that have made the switch.

Do you have just 1 phone connected to your service/

If you have multiple phones, how is it connected?

I can't seemed to find any information about the multiple phones thing. I have several phones throughout the house and if I switched would I really save any money or will I have to buy a adapter for each each phone.

 

[ABE]

Once you remember that telephone technology is electrical, you will see you only need one adapter in the case of digital phone. The modem/adapter resides by the cable line. It is beneficial (required) to have a phone jack near by. The modem connects to the phone jack and "powers" the rest of the jacks in the house. You can connect a phone to the modem itself, thus no jacks are lost.

That is how my digital phone works. Your Mileage May Vary.

 

[Da_Sperm]

Question for those that have made the switch.

Do you have just 1 phone connected to your service

I have 4 phones (1 phone number) connected to my service.

Question for those that have made the switch.

If you have multiple phones, how is it connected?

I have 2 phone sets that each have a phone base. So one phone sits on the base and the other cordless phone doesn't require a phone cord attached to it.

how is it connected?

I have CAT5 (Data & Voice) wiring all throughout my house.

Cablewire from outside into the network closet to the cable modem.
Cable modem to the LinkSys wireless router (CAT5).
LinkSys wireless router (1 wired port) to the Vonage phone adapter (CAT5).
Vonage adapter to input side of a 3 port splitter (RJ11 or regular phone wire).
Each individual output side of the splitter (RJ11) to an adapter (RJ11 to CAT5).
Each CAT5 to the network drop that leads to a room where the phone base is located.
In each roam, from the wall where the drop is located, a RJ11 wire is connected to the phone. YES, a RJ11 will work in a CAT5 drop. There will be some slack, but it works.

Now, if you don't have CAT5 wiring in your house, you can tie your Vonage wire into your existing phone box located right outside your house. Simply connect the two wires and cap them off.

Been w/ Vonage for since Dec 21, 2004. Not one bill over $27.24 w/ tax. All the long distance, Caller ID, Forwarding, Blocker, Voicemail and whatever else you want.