I tested Vonage some time ago, and I am in agreement with the comments below regarding QoS, voice quality may vary which may be unacceptable in a business environment where excellent voice quality is expected. Secondly, I have observed that Vonage tends to have a trunking shortage with high call volume, meaning, if you are on a call and a second caller calls then the second caller may get a fast busy signal instead of routing to voice mail. I was made aware of the trunking problem first hand many times. Therefore, Vonage may be OK for the home but not necessarily for a business. Sven Kielhorn My WAN Communications http://www.mywan.com P 413-529-9044 On Fri Jul 13 18:27 , Matthew Crocker sent: > ** The author of this post was a Good Dobee. > ** You too can help the group > ** Fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. > ** If you did, we all thank you. > > >> >> Hi >> Ive seen a few skype compatible phones around:here's one Linksys >> cit300. they retail for about $90. >> >> there are other brands ive read about that are essentially the >> same, you might find a better price than that on something else. >> (My experience is vonage with a router supporting QOS works good, >> 97% of the time) > >A router on your end of the link will only control the QoS of the >traffic you are sending to the Internet (i.e you will sound great to >your callers). It does nothing to help inbound QoS, that has to be >done on the other end of the link by your service provider. This is >what NetNeutrality is all about. An ISP could easily kill Vonage or >any other ITSP by destroying the QoS on their trafic. > >Ideally you would want to find a VoIP provider that can also provide >your Internet bandwidth (but I'm biased). I prioritize my VoIP >traffic from my switch on my network. All of my VoIP leaves my >network as TDM. guaranteed call quality, 100% of the time. I can >also provide true business PBX service off my switch, 4 digit >dialing, unified messaging. You can't really do that with Vonage >(last I checked). > >-Matt > >-- >Matthew S. Crocker >President >Crocker Communications, Inc. >Internet Division >PO BOX 710 >Greenfield, MA 01302-0710 >http://www.crocker.com > > >_______________________________________________ >Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net >Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > >You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. >If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members >page on the Hidden Tech Web site. >http://www.hidden-tech.net/members