[Cialug] Des Moines Area ISPs

[Alan Maupin]

I wonder how difficult it is to disconnect the quest line from my home?

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From: cialug-admin@cialug.org [mailto:cialug-admin@cialug.org] On Behalf Of
n00b
Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 8:27 PM
To: cialug@cialug.org
Subject: RE: [Cialug] Des Moines Area ISPs

you can have 2 seperate lines on my adapter (linksys pap2). check the
configuration of whatever device you get as to how many lines it supports.

i have all the phones in my house on the same line on my pap2. this was
easy for me (sine i have cable). with cable, you just disconnect qwests
lines from your phone network terminal outside, getting rid of any voltage
that could be coming in from them, then plug a cord into your phone
adapter and the other end into a wall jack. any phone that was on the same
line as that jack should have dialtone. with dsl i'm not sure how you'd do
this same setup except for running new phone wires everywhere in your
home. i use a cordless so its kinda like the benifit of wifi. no need to
run extra wires.

hope this helps. if you want a more through explanation on how to do a
better setup look in vonages help pages.

neal

-----Original Message-----
From: "Alan Maupin" <alan.maupin@mchsi.com>
To: <cialug@cialug.org>
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 18:09:37 -0500
Subject: RE: [Cialug] Des Moines Area ISPs

> Jon, -- how do I setup two phone's on Vonage, up and down stairs?
> 
> I've been looking into getting Vonage to replace Quest phone service. 
> At
> first glance it looks very good with all of the free options such as
> 3-way
> calling and the email/phone integration.  The problem I've run into is
> having a phone setup on the first and second floor of my home. 
> According to
> the Vonage representative I can only use one broadband phone adapter
> per
> phone line since it involves the mac address of the phone adapter.  I
> would
> connect the phone adapter to my router upstairs and connect a phone to
> it.
> The problem is how do I connect my phone downstairs?
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cialug-admin@cialug.org [mailto:cialug-admin@cialug.org] On
> Behalf Of
> Bailey, Jonathan C
> Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 3:41 PM
> To: cialug@cialug.org
> Subject: RE: [Cialug] Des Moines Area ISPs
> 
> If the DSL kept going out whenever your phone rings, that usually means
> you
> aren't using filters.. Had that with a local business.. Embarassing
> call to
> tech support..
> 
> As for VoIP, I'm switching to Vonage to keep my local number when I
> move.
> Just waiting to see if Qwest will switch me to standalone DSL or just
> disconnect me completely when the LNP is done.
> 
> 
> Jon
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cialug-admin@cialug.org [mailto:cialug-admin@cialug.org]On Behalf
> Of Tim Perdue
> Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 3:37 PM
> To: cialug@cialug.org
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Des Moines Area ISPs
> 
> 
> timwilson011@mchsi.com wrote:
> > Mediacom, basically because that's what I signed up with 4+ years
> ago.  At
> that
> > time, DSL couldn't give the bandwidth cable could.  It still can't,
> but it
> is
> > much better than it used to be.  I've been toying with the idea of
> switching to
> > DSL (and InternetSolver), but just haven't been pushed (read: pissed
> off)
> enough
> > I guess.
> > 
> > I wonder whatever happened to multiple ISPs on cable...
> 
> I had really good luck with Mediacom for ~4 years, but switched to DSL 
> (freese notis) so I could have a fixed IP and servers online. VOIP
> seems 
> to be happier with DSL too. The cable modem network apparently has no 
> UPS anywhere, as it is offline as soon as your house lights dim.
> 
> DSL was going offline a lot whenever the phone would ring, but I
> finally 
> just canceled the phone service and it works fine now.
> 
> Tim
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