[ale] [OT] VoIP recommendations

[esoteric at 3times25.net (Geoffrey)]

James P. Kinney III wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-03-31 at 14:58 -0500, Geoffrey wrote:
> 
> 
>>I'm using vonage.  I went with them because another ale member got a 
>>referral for it.  It just works.  I've had a few outages which did not 
>>last very long.  The downside is, you'll have a hard time getting to 
>>anyone on the phone.
> 
> 
> One of my clients is using Vonage for their business. The secret on the
> Vonage connection is to put the Vonage box(s) between the DSL modem and
> the LAN. This way, the QoS stuff in the Linksys box will work well. They
> have 4 lines over 2 boxes. The calls are crystal clear with no lag time
> apparent. When the calls happen, their net access slows but they are
> quite happy with it.

Mirrors my experiences as well.

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Until later, Geoffrey