For those who have wired their home with voip..

[jamesave]

this is a question for you who have dropped your land line phones.
Do you wire your voip line all over the house? If yes, does it reduce the quality of the phone? Is it easy to wire it all over the house?

 

[dartworth]

Why not use the existing phone lines?

 

[GeekDrew]

In most cases I've heard of, the VOIP provider is simply attached to the home's existing phone wiring.

 

[dartworth]

Originally posted by: GeekDrew
In most cases I've heard of, the VOIP provider is simply attached to the home's existing phone wiring.

Just make sure you disconnect the outside phone wire coming into the NIC ...err whatever that box is called.

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: dartworth

Originally posted by: GeekDrew
In most cases I've heard of, the VOIP provider is simply attached to the home's existing phone wiring.

Just make sure you disconnect the outside phone wire coming into the NIC ...err whatever that box is called.

The... Uh, box.

Heh. Yeah. That's what you do.

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: dartworth

Originally posted by: GeekDrew
In most cases I've heard of, the VOIP provider is simply attached to the home's existing phone wiring.

Just make sure you disconnect the outside phone wire coming into the NIC ...err whatever that box is called.

The... Uh, box.

Heh. Yeah. That's what you do.

Can you get to it in an apartment?

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: Nitemare

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: dartworth

Originally posted by: GeekDrew
In most cases I've heard of, the VOIP provider is simply attached to the home's existing phone wiring.

Just make sure you disconnect the outside phone wire coming into the NIC ...err whatever that box is called.

The... Uh, box.

Heh. Yeah. That's what you do.

Can you get to it in an apartment?

VERY doubtful.

 

[GeekDrew]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: Nitemare

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: dartworth

Originally posted by: GeekDrew
In most cases I've heard of, the VOIP provider is simply attached to the home's existing phone wiring.

Just make sure you disconnect the outside phone wire coming into the NIC ...err whatever that box is called.

The... Uh, box.

Heh. Yeah. That's what you do.

Can you get to it in an apartment?

VERY doubtful.

Sometimes. Many apartments I've seen have some form of utility disconnect, even for telco... depends on the type of apartment/complex. Sometimes they are on the outside of the building (hopefully labelled), sometimes in a utility closet/area in the lowest or most central location of the building... just really depends on your complex. Chances are less that you will be able to get to it in an older building than a newer one.

FWIW, I've heard it called the Network Interface Box (NIB), Network Interface Device (NID), and Network Interface Center (NIC)... no idea which is more correct, though I would assume probably NID.

 

[ExplodingBoy]

Well I haven't tried it, but phone lines are wired in parallel, so theoretically you should be able to 1) disconnect telco service line from house wiring, 2) plug VOIP adapter (phone line) into any wall jack.

Watch out if you have older phone wiring, DSL, or a security system. Esp. the latter since it may be applying additional voltage to your phone wiring that could fry the VOIP adapter.

 

[FoBoT]

i may go for this option soon. i am wondering how much bandwidth the VoIP uses while a voice call is connected

 

[randomlinh]

i hooked it up to my existing wiring w/o a problem. now only if sunrocket could quickly fix my ported number problem.. grrrr

 

[jpsmoney]

Originally posted by: lnguyen
i hooked it up to my existing wiring w/o a problem. now only if sunrocket could quickly fix my ported number problem.. grrrr

I'm with you there... 4 weeks and waiting...

 

[jamesave]

thanks for the input so far

anymore?