samaraanderson Posted February 1, 2014 ID:785425 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Are VoIPs reliable? I am planning to purchase phone com but I am quite having second thoughts. I have a stable internet connection. Will it perfectly work on my end? Should the person I must call should also have a good internet connection? Thanks! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David H. Lipman Posted February 1, 2014 ID:785430 Share Posted February 1, 2014 My advice is use reputable vendors and NOT Fly by Night operations. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John L. Galt Posted February 1, 2014 ID:785504 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Spot on. Go with a reputable brand with real customer service and proven track record. I am a former user of Cox Internet Phone (Cox's VoIP solution) and currently use Vonage for my home phone. I've set up a UPS that my modem, router, and Vonage device are connected to, so in the event of a power failure as long as I have an internet connection, my phones are still up (and I've made sure that at least one phone is a non-externally-powered non-portable phone). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daledoc1 Posted February 1, 2014 ID:785507 Share Posted February 1, 2014 (and I've made sure that at least one phone is a non-externally-powered non-portable phone). Hahaha!I thought I was the only one! No VOIP here, but I do keep a landline phone precisely for being able to call the power company to report frequent outages (I live in an old neighborhood with poor infrastructure and lots of trees -- prolonged outages are common). (And I use it for faxing my government representatives at all levels - an old-fashioned paper fax still exerts more impact than a phone call or an (ignored) email... ) daledoc1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John L. Galt Posted February 1, 2014 ID:785520 Share Posted February 1, 2014 and my cell is my backup - I have spare batteries that I rotate through an external charger keeping me with fresh battery and at least 2 full days of talk time and heavy use. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWB Posted February 2, 2014 ID:785638 Share Posted February 2, 2014 oooooh ... "twisted pair" ... how droll and archaic !(buncha rock-beaters) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John L. Galt Posted February 2, 2014 ID:785667 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Cat-5 actually. And I have had my cell tower go down before - nothing like tying to make a call and not being able to connect on the cell... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin AdvancedSetup Posted February 3, 2014 Root Admin ID:786206 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Now follow-up reply - my initial guess is spammer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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