Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> The internet is a store and forward file transfer service, not a
> point-to-point telephone switching service. I would be surprised if
> there were never garbles or delays. The question is whether the garbles
> and delays are due to Vonage in some unspecified way, your internet
> service provider or some other foul-up on the web... and how frequent
> are the problems? I have Time Warner service but the VOIP service is
> terribly expensive in this market. It's unlikely to save me much money.
> Vonage has a $14.95/month plan with 500 minutes that would cover all
> my non-cell phone usage and then some.
>
> ps: Are you sure that Vonage is responsible for loss of your original
> number? I would assume that the loss was caused by the carrier you were
> switching to rather than away from. It's the new carrier who is
> responsible for arranging the new service and terminating the old.
Quite often, the ISP uses packet priority QOS to bump the Vonage and
Skype traffic to the bottom of the ladder, giving priority to its own
voip traffic.
Many isp's have been called out on it, but so far, nobody has been able
to stop them.
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Paul Braun
Valparaiso, IN
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