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doctorgonzo · 11-17-2003, 01:11 PM

Well, my wife and I moved on Saturday, and this morning Time Warner swung by and installed Road Runner cable broadband. After years of dialup, this is great. It's nice to finally experience the difference myself after reading everybody's stories here. Put me in the "never want to go back" column.

Along with the cable 'net, we also got Vonage VoIP telelphone service. This was a big factor in deciding to get broadband, since RR+Vonage should cost about as much as POTS+dialup, depending on things like long-distance. Never having to deal with Qwest again, though, is priceless, as they say in the commercials.

So far my experience with Vonage is limited, but I like it a lot. Setting it up this morning took some time twiddling with router settings, but eventually I got it working. Voice quality is better than I expected, no worse than a cell-phone call. I get e-mails when I have new voicemail, and I can listen to it over the 'net. They also have detailed call logs online. All this for about half of what I was paying for POTS.

I will definitely keep everyone posted about my experiences with VoIP.

11-17-2003, 01:11 PM	#1
doctorgonzo Professional gadfly Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 6,364	Finally switched to broadband (and VoIP telephony)! Well, my wife and I moved on Saturday, and this morning Time Warner swung by and installed Road Runner cable broadband. After years of dialup, this is great. It's nice to finally experience the difference myself after reading everybody's stories here. Put me in the "never want to go back" column. Along with the cable 'net, we also got Vonage VoIP telelphone service. This was a big factor in deciding to get broadband, since RR+Vonage should cost about as much as POTS+dialup, depending on things like long-distance. Never having to deal with Qwest again, though, is priceless, as they say in the commercials. So far my experience with Vonage is limited, but I like it a lot. Setting it up this morning took some time twiddling with router settings, but eventually I got it working. Voice quality is better than I expected, no worse than a cell-phone call. I get e-mails when I have new voicemail, and I can listen to it over the 'net. They also have detailed call logs online. All this for about half of what I was paying for POTS. I will definitely keep everyone posted about my experiences with VoIP.