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Laughing Gas
Joined: Jul 2010
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From: Clearwater Fl.
I have had Brighthouse (Roadrunner) with the whole package, and now Verizon Fios, with the whole package. They both worked fine. If you have a home alarm, they can hook that up too. I don't know what service you have in your area, but the two I have used worked fine.
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Joined: Mar 2007
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From: Texas
At work I know we have a T1 and have used Cbeyond without any major issues for about 3 years now. Having a monitored alarm system when we were broken into did not hinder police response, but we have discovered the police can respond to a false alarm caused by someone not entering their code right MUCH faster than they can respond to an actual break in.
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From: MA
I would recommend staying away from Vonage..
I have had customers that dumped them after they kept razing the rates..
One of the customers kept having issues with the router and dropping out..
I have the comcast digital phone with no issues..
If your thinking about magic jack forget it.. Not good for uses as a home phone, but it is good for what it was invented for.. Sales people to call home from the road without paying high phone charges..
I have had customers that dumped them after they kept razing the rates..
One of the customers kept having issues with the router and dropping out..
I have the comcast digital phone with no issues..
If your thinking about magic jack forget it.. Not good for uses as a home phone, but it is good for what it was invented for.. Sales people to call home from the road without paying high phone charges..
Fleet Owner
Joined: Mar 2003
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From: Blue Hill Township
At work I know we have a T1 and have used Cbeyond without any major issues for about 3 years now. Having a monitored alarm system when we were broken into did not hinder police response, but we have discovered the police can respond to a false alarm caused by someone not entering their code right MUCH faster than they can respond to an actual break in.
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Joined: Oct 2002
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From: MA
Just bought a new house and have terrible cell reception at it... so I am looking at having to install a land line maybe. Looking to see if voip is a decent way to go to save money over a traditional line. Do not know if I can even get cable there... pretty rural town.
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Joined: Dec 2008
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From: Southern Oregon Coast
The only issue I have with MagicJack is they don't have any ability to port your existing phone # over yet... They were supposed to add that feature last August...
Fleet Owner
Joined: Mar 2003
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From: Blue Hill Township
What kind of internet service are you getting?
Hotshot
Joined: Oct 2002
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From: The Big, Oregon
I have a wireless internet service here (Microserve) and while it works great for internet and movies on Netflix, it is not enough to run a phone properly. I used to have Vonage in WA when I had cable internet, and while it worked ok if you were on the computer at the same time the phone would click a lot and the conversation would cut in and out.
There are home base booster antennas for cellphones available, you can set up another base model phone on your plan as a home phone. I'm doing this tomorrow, to get rid of the non-functional VOIP phone we have now.
There are home base booster antennas for cellphones available, you can set up another base model phone on your plan as a home phone. I'm doing this tomorrow, to get rid of the non-functional VOIP phone we have now.
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Joined: Apr 2004
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From: Great State of Texas
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Post Fiend
Joined: Mar 2007
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From: Texas
What kind of speed do you see with that? I've got wireless line of sight for my internet, but I don't think it's anywhere near fast enough to download netflix.
Cargo Master
Joined: Dec 2006
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From: Central NY
we bought a cell phone extender from verizon.
all the carriers have one.
you plug it into your cable system....$279 with no monthly fees.
now we have five bars all the time.
just like VOIP, if your cable goes out, you are back to crap.
Fleet Owner
Joined: Jun 2004
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From: Rio Rico, AZ.
we had the same problem at our new house.
we bought a cell phone extender from verizon.
all the carriers have one.
you plug it into your cable system....$279 with no monthly fees.
now we have five bars all the time.
just like VOIP, if your cable goes out, you are back to crap.
we bought a cell phone extender from verizon.
all the carriers have one.
you plug it into your cable system....$279 with no monthly fees.
now we have five bars all the time.
just like VOIP, if your cable goes out, you are back to crap.
I got sticker shock and said no thanks, but if you have all 5 all the time, the maybe I can do this and dump the land line.