Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: Voip AT Home,Voip Phones,
From: Jungle Jim 
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 20:39:18 GMT

trader4@optonline.net wrote in
news:1151146801.274062.162840@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com: 

> 
>> I also have Vonage and have really liked it, but almost everytime
>> I am talking to someone there comes a time where I can hear them
>> but they cannot hear me and they usually hang up in frustration. 
>> I get frustrated too and now it seems I explain to everyone that
>> calls that this happens, so to wait a minute and see if it
>> clears.  Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't.  Any ideas as
>> to what the problem may be? I have four phones and it happens on
>> all of them.  My router is pretty new....had to replace an old
>> one and the one I have was sent by Vonage. 
>>  Could it be my cable moden?  Any ideas or help would be
>>  appreciated. 
>> Thanks,
> 
> 
> 
> Vonage drops voice at some point on almost every phone call you
> have, but you really like it?   Must not take much to make you
> happy.  If my phone service was doing that, I sure wouldn't put up
> with it for more than a few days.  What does Vonage say?
> 

I have Vonage. but do not experience drops or other problems others 
have here.  I have a Linksys 54G wireless router and a Linksys PAP2 
VOIP phone adapter.  My wife works from home and is doing database 
development into her employer and does it at least 8 hours per day.

I have heard of problems using an integated router/phone adapter.

Have your cale company check out the cable, splitters, and any filters  
that may be attached.  I had some trouble with my internet and when 
the cable techs came out and found some of the splitters were not 
rated high enough.  Our system required 900Mhz splitters.  They were 
rpelaced and I ahve yet to have a single problem, either with internet 
or digital HD cable TV.