I've had Vonage since I moved in here. I have a very fast cable modem connection and I've had good call quality on it.
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NoiseDesign - Jun 21, 2006 9:37:26 am PDT #8345 of 10003
Our wings are not tired
Sean K - Jun 21, 2006 9:38:37 am PDT #8346 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Hmm, crap. We get Earthlink DSL, and Earthlink also offers VoIP, but apparently if you have DSL, you need to keep your old phone active and get a new number, neither of which are acceptable alternatives to what we're doing now.
NoiseDesign - Jun 21, 2006 9:52:21 am PDT #8347 of 10003
Our wings are not tired
Yeah, if you are on DSL then you have to have a phone line anyway. Are you planning to switch to cable modem before you do the VoIP thing?
Sean K - Jun 21, 2006 10:05:13 am PDT #8348 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Well, we hadn't been planning on switching, but I guess now we have to consider it.
NoiseDesign - Jun 21, 2006 10:33:10 am PDT #8349 of 10003
Our wings are not tired
Yeah, you can't have DSL without a phone line, so there's no real point in doing VoIP over it.
Tom Scola - Jun 21, 2006 10:35:09 am PDT #8350 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
You know, local phone companies have started responding to the VOIP threat. You might be able to get a cheaper plan from them if you just ask.
DCJensen - Jun 21, 2006 11:07:13 am PDT #8351 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.
Typo Boy - Jun 21, 2006 12:56:44 pm PDT #8352 of 10003
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Also sometime you can a shared cell phone plan (too phones) for less than the cost of a land line. Of course then you have the problem with dropped calls. Got my Mom a Virgin pay as you go phone for her trip to NY. High quality connections as long as they last, but they do seem to drop out occasionally.
tommyrot - Jun 22, 2006 8:42:43 am PDT #8353 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Huh.
There's a new version of TiVo Desktop available today. It's version 2.3 (for Windows). And it does some nifty new tricks.
If you have an iPod, a PSP, a Treo, or other portable video device you'll want to check it out. Not only can you tell it to automatically transfer new recordings of your favorite shows to your PC, with a small upgrade it'll also convert those files automatically to play back on your favorite portable device.
The upgrade? While TiVo Desktop 2.3 is free (as always), and the automatic transferring of programs to the PC is also free, the ability to convert those recording for portables has a small cost. It's $24.95 to unlock that ability (there's stuff in there that we have to license, and we can't give that away to everyone for free). But it's a one time fee...you pay once, and you can convert your recordings for playback on your portable automatically, every time they're transfered.
DebetEsse - Jun 22, 2006 11:58:42 am PDT #8354 of 10003
Woe to the fucking wicked.
But is there TiVo to Go for the Mac? No. Of course not. t blows raspberry at TiVo