Posted: 5/14/2008 7:22:56 PM EDT
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How does this work? I am moving next week and I need to transfer my services I use DirectTV, but Hughes net sucks from everthing I've heard. Comcast offers internet for $60/month after teaser rate ends. They have a 1 year teaser for 99/month for phone, net, tv. viop.com is $20/month What do you guys recommend? I have a wireless Lynksis router hooked up to my dsl now, and will hook it up to the comcast router. How do you get the phone signals into the router? is this feasible? |
| I have Vonage and have been very happy with the service. Been using for 4+ years and the ability ti keep my current # and go any ware and to add a # in the area code was what sold me. I keep the NY number so family can call without long distance charges and add a AZ number when I move. |
| I'm with quest DSL and use their recommended router for my lap top and use Broadvoice for the phone. Wife phones UK and is on the phone for hours and it only costs $30 a month including all the taxes. Can talk to 20 countries plus anywhere in the US and Canada.They supply a box that plugs in the router and the phone plugs into the box. Our phone is one of those that you just plug into the power outlet and use anywhere in the house. Had no problems and wouldn't go back to a standard phone again. They have cheaper plans as well if you dont want to phone international. |
Modem is placed on an existing or newly installed cable jack just like it would be if it was for internet only. There are two outputs one is the Ethernet jack going to your computer or a router. The other is a standard phone jack this is the new source of your phone line. To tie it into your home wiring usually a single phone wall jack is replaced with a dual receptacle wall jack so you do not loose the ability to plug a phone into that location. A phone wire will be placed from the output of the Modem to the newly replaced wall jack. Either jack on the wall plate will do as both jacks will be wired together. Your phone now feeds from that location so the next step is to go outside and disconnect the old phone provider wiring from the back of the home. And plug your phone into the other jack on the new wall plate if you want a phone in that room. Assuming all your wiring is good all phone jacks that were working with the other provider will now be active as well. The other alternative instead of tying into your home wiring is to get a cordless phone set that has only one base station to feed multiple cordless phones in the home and plug that base station into the back of the modem at the output phone jack. <--------Cable Guy--------------- That being said if the installation is a shit job you will get shit service. |
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The other alternative instead of tying into your home wiring is to get a cordless phone set that has only one base station to feed multiple cordless phones in the home and plug that base station into the back of the modem at the output phone jack. That is what I have now. I figured that I would mount the router/modem/voip box in the attic and drop a line outside to the phone company box and tie in there. disconnecting their supply line. Sound right? |
As long as your polarity is correct,yes. Use standard phone flat cable from the modem into one of those square stick on the wall add on phone jacks (fairly sure you know what I mean there) then splice standard phone station wire into the phone jack box tying red to blue/white and green to white /blue run this wire to either the nearest phone jack (wall fishing) if necessary or to the phone demarc on the side of the home. the white/blue and blue/white would then be tied into the input of the demarc where the current qwest wiring is tied into. The wiring going into your home will either be color coded red/green for line one and yellow/black for line two or it will be white/blue and blue/white for line one and white/orange and orange/white for line two. Correct polarity is not always necessary but some devices such as fax machines require it. Personally I would not put it into the attic as resetting the devices is sometimes necessary for any number of reasons. Unless it is easily reachable. |
| We have Comcast for cable and have had Viatalk for 1.5 years now with no trouble at all. They have a 'special' $199.00 a year with 2nd year free. (pay up front) Viatalk |