Vonage - Works Just Fine
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I had previously mentioned in another post that I was considering giving Vonage a try and I received some great comments. So I ordered Vonage and thought I would share my experience with you. Thanks to Marc aka ‘the oracle’ for his advice. I did connect the Vonage modem to my wireless router and all worked just great. Also to Kevin who gave me the idea to connect Vonage to my home wiring. Two thunbs up! 
Vonage sent me the Motorola upgraded modem at no additional cost. The modem comes with a display screen so you can view who is calling and also keeps track of missed calls. I followed the directions exactly and in about ten minutes I had a dial tone. FWIW - I connected the modem directly to my wireless router and as Marc stated, it didn’t interfere with my wireless setup at all.
I ran this setup for a few days without any problems. So I decided to try what Kevin recommended. I disconnected my phone service at the junction box, and connected the Vonage modem directly to my home phone wiring. Perfect. The cordless phone in the kitchen we previously used on POTS worked immediately. Also the connection from my Dish Network also worked. This is a nice feature because when someone calls their number appears directly on our TV.
So there you have it. Vonage for me is working just fine.
Comments welcome.
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the oracle
October 29th, 2008
at 1:45pm
Glad to see it’s doing fine. I haven’t seen the Motorola with display - the one I got was very plain. What’s the model number?
I never got around to putting the Vonage output into the regular wiring, but I knew it would work. I had spoken to the people at Vonage and asked why they did not instruct people in how to do that - complete silence. Then I was told about a set of DLink devices that would do just that, but cost about $40 per physical phone - I noted that I got the message and no more was said.
Ron Schenone
October 29th, 2008
at 1:46pm
Hi Kevin,
You are welcome. Thanks for the great tip!
Kevin Bailey
October 29th, 2008
at 4:43pm
Glad to here your experience is going great. Also glad you valued my tip on sending the service into your entire house. Thanks for the credit.
Ron Schenone
October 29th, 2008
at 5:53pm
Hi Marc,
Thanks for the info. They should mention this to there clients. Odd that they don’t.
Karl
October 29th, 2008
at 6:50pm
I have had Vonage for severak years and have it set up as the phone source for my whole house. I would suggest that you put the Vonage adapter downstream of the router rather than go from the cable modem to the adapter and then to the router. I have had many fewer cable dropouts since I made that change.