Comments on: My internet connection; Vonage http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2006/10/my_internet_connection_vonage.html Daily news and opinion for 250,000 industry executives and mobile fanatics Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:39:00 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ewan http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2006/10/my_internet_connection_vonage.html/comment-page-1#comment-244374 Ewan Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:14:47 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2006/10/my_internet_connection_vonage.html#comment-244374 That is rather cool John! That is rather cool John!

]]> By: Ewan http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2006/10/my_internet_connection_vonage.html/comment-page-1#comment-238375 Ewan Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:14:47 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2006/10/my_internet_connection_vonage.html#comment-238375 That is rather cool John! That is rather cool John!

]]> By: John Owen http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2006/10/my_internet_connection_vonage.html/comment-page-1#comment-238374 John Owen Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:03:38 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2006/10/my_internet_connection_vonage.html#comment-238374 Vonage has worked fine for me for over 3 years. I have three Vonage boxes to give me multiple lines in my home in Luton. I have a 1MB connection (pathetic but true as most of Luton is also too far from the exchange for anything better). That said, I am now emigrating to the USA (I already have a 20mbit link to my new home there) and the really cool thing is I have ported my Luton home phone number to Vonage so all my friends and relatives don't need to remember a new phone or pay long international calling rates to phone me in the USA. Vonage has worked fine for me for over 3 years. I have three Vonage boxes to give me multiple lines in my home in Luton. I have a 1MB connection (pathetic but true as most of Luton is also too far from the exchange for anything better). That said, I am now emigrating to the USA (I already have a 20mbit link to my new home there) and the really cool thing is I have ported my Luton home phone number to Vonage so all my friends and relatives don't need to remember a new phone or pay long international calling rates to phone me in the USA.

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]]> By: Andy S http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2006/10/my_internet_connection_vonage.html/comment-page-1#comment-2694 Andy S Sun, 22 Oct 2006 18:29:28 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2006/10/my_internet_connection_vonage.html#comment-2694 I also live 1.5 miles from the Brentwood exchange (Shenfield) and have the same connection speed 2272kbps - from the Orange broadband service. I am in the process of changing broadband supplier in the hope of getting a minimum of 5.5 mbps. I will let you know if the speed gets above 2272k I also live 1.5 miles from the Brentwood exchange (Shenfield) and have the same connection speed 2272kbps – from the Orange broadband service. I am in the process of changing broadband supplier in the hope of getting a minimum of 5.5 mbps. I will let you know if the speed gets above 2272k

]]> By: dan lane http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2006/10/my_internet_connection_vonage.html/comment-page-1#comment-1005 dan lane Sun, 08 Oct 2006 02:55:39 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2006/10/my_internet_connection_vonage.html#comment-1005 1. I don't actually know anyone on Vonage 2. 2Mbit is far more than adequate for VoIP, out here in the sticks of wales we get 1.5Mbit on the BT Wholesale "up to 8Mbit" service (via Nildram) and the connection is used by both my girlfriend and I for business.. we both have VoIP phones (that go through BlackFin, not Vonage) and the only time I have problems is when I have something like BitTorrent running or she uploads a large image to EBay. 3. Absolutely not! I'd say your connection issues are down to either: BullDog being crap, Vonage being crap or your connection being saturated (BitTorrent etc). The fact you say that Skype works suggests that it's Vonage being crap... there are other VoIP providers you can use. If it's down to your connection being saturated you can do QoS to prioritise your VoIP packets and limit the problem somewhat (it's not perfect though). Another thing to note is that the "up to 8Mbit" service that's offered by most ISPs who use the BT Wholesale platform is ADSL 1, ADSL2+ is the up to 24MBit service offered by LLU providers such as Be. Also, if you're on the "up to 8Mbit" connection I'd expect your sync speed to change from 2272kbps (it's possible 2MBit is all you can get but it's unlikely that you'd be stuck on 2Mbit if you were on the 2MBit service before) and if the service offered by BT was actually crap you'd find your sync speed dropped... it COULD be that your exchange is oversubscribed but you mentioned it's a small area so it's unlikely. Satellite internet is crap for VoIP due to the latency introduced by the (relatively) huge amount of time it takes the signal to get from your house to space and back... VoIP is all about latency and less about the overall connection speed., I've made VoIP calls on a 3G connection a few times. Ping me on AIM or GTalk if you have any questions. 1. I don’t actually know anyone on Vonage

2. 2Mbit is far more than adequate for VoIP, out here in the sticks of wales we get 1.5Mbit on the BT Wholesale “up to 8Mbit” service (via Nildram) and the connection is used by both my girlfriend and I for business.. we both have VoIP phones (that go through BlackFin, not Vonage) and the only time I have problems is when I have something like BitTorrent running or she uploads a large image to EBay.

3. Absolutely not! I’d say your connection issues are down to either: BullDog being crap, Vonage being crap or your connection being saturated (BitTorrent etc). The fact you say that Skype works suggests that it’s Vonage being crap… there are other VoIP providers you can use. If it’s down to your connection being saturated you can do QoS to prioritise your VoIP packets and limit the problem somewhat (it’s not perfect though).

Another thing to note is that the “up to 8Mbit” service that’s offered by most ISPs who use the BT Wholesale platform is ADSL 1, ADSL2+ is the up to 24MBit service offered by LLU providers such as Be. Also, if you’re on the “up to 8Mbit” connection I’d expect your sync speed to change from 2272kbps (it’s possible 2MBit is all you can get but it’s unlikely that you’d be stuck on 2Mbit if you were on the 2MBit service before) and if the service offered by BT was actually crap you’d find your sync speed dropped… it COULD be that your exchange is oversubscribed but you mentioned it’s a small area so it’s unlikely.

Satellite internet is crap for VoIP due to the latency introduced by the (relatively) huge amount of time it takes the signal to get from your house to space and back… VoIP is all about latency and less about the overall connection speed., I’ve made VoIP calls on a 3G connection a few times.

Ping me on AIM or GTalk if you have any questions.

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