Harrow: You didn't have to wound that man. Mal: Yeah, I know, it was just funny.

'Shindig'


Buffistechnology 3: "Press Some Buttons, See What Happens."

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beth b - Sep 08, 2008 3:34:57 pm PDT #7599 of 25501
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

I am saving about 30 bucks a month over what I am spending now. Faster downloads then I am getting now -- and I added HBO as a extra channel. My down loads should not be effected by the after school crowds jumping on the computer. My TV picture and sound will be better without going to HD. My TIVO is out dated ( not hd capable, only one channel at a time ) and that is being 'replaced' at no cost. Plus -- national wireless access at no extra cost. ( DH can be the traveling man) and unlike comcast -- they seem to understand that people work from home. and it looks like it will be easy to change packages up or down in cost


Liese S. - Sep 08, 2008 6:37:17 pm PDT #7600 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

I used to use VOIP as my primary phone and it was fine. You have to make sure to set up the 911 address info, but other than that it was fine. Now we're just using the mobile phones though.

And my mom has VOIP as their primary, but they don't like it as much. They had a several days cable outage that was a tv/internet/phone outage for them and it made them pretty unhappy for a while there.


Jessica - Sep 09, 2008 3:40:49 am PDT #7601 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I used to use VOIP as my primary phone and it was fine. You have to make sure to set up the 911 address info, but other than that it was fine. Now we're just using the mobile phones though.

I am Liese. We still have VOIP service through our cable company (because the Triple Play is cheaper than cable/internet alone), but we only use that line when DH has to do a phone interview at home.


Gudanov - Sep 09, 2008 5:01:23 am PDT #7602 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping

We use VOIP though Vonage. It was a little rough when we started using it, but it has been rock solid the last couple of years.


Deena - Sep 09, 2008 5:08:27 am PDT #7603 of 25501
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara

We use VOIP through Vonage too. It was awful at first, has improved a lot. I'm still getting the occasional echo, and some occasional crackling. The "Vonage Device" (a router) should be set up 4 feet away from the modem, and no cords should cross from the modem to the router, or from the router to the telephone. It's not quite set up like that here (it's on my to-do list!). If you use bittorrent or other file sharing software, there are usually conflicts and the call quality goes down when the file sharing is actually happening. Thankfully, I can now understand their CSRs and they always follow up quickly on any problems.


Gudanov - Sep 09, 2008 5:19:58 am PDT #7604 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping

Yeah, Vonage will degrade if you are soaking up a lot of bandwidth with other stuff while you use it. The cable VOIP service in our area reserves an amount of bandwidth for VOIP so Internet usage won't degrade the connection. For us, I consider this a plus for Vonage since we have full bandwidth for the Internet the 99% of the time we aren't using VOIP.


Jessica - Sep 09, 2008 5:52:48 am PDT #7605 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Canceling Vonage was a complete nightmare experience for me, so that's something to be aware of if it doesn't work out. (Though it's certainly possible that they've improved both call quality AND customer service in the 2+ years since I dealt with them.)


Typo Boy - Sep 09, 2008 6:24:09 am PDT #7606 of 25501
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.

How have people found voice quality on Skype? (Not that you would use it as primary - but in voice only mode to land and cell lines, how do people find it?)


Kevin - Sep 09, 2008 7:59:40 am PDT #7607 of 25501
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.

skype - great audio quality for me.

I use Connect 360 with my Mac to stream Ahemed TV to my living room TV. It's awesome.


omnis_audis - Sep 09, 2008 8:03:22 am PDT #7608 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

Ahemed TV
huh? what is that?