Question about VoIP phones..

[RbSX]

Hey guys,

I want to get VoIP, between licensing fees, taxes etc a landline up here in Canada amounts to atleast 40 bucks a month no including long distance, which is something I use a lot.

Now my question is, do I have to get a special type of phone for VoIP?

Thanks

 

[jfall]

No, you get a phone adapter that plugs into ethernet and you can plug any phone into it.

There are some phones that have VOIP capability, meaning you can plug them directly into ethernet.

I believe Vonage usually comes with an adapter such as a Linksys PAP2 so you can hook any regular phone up to it

 

[RossMAN]

Which VOIP service?

 

[RbSX]

Originally posted by: jfall
No, you get a phone adapter that plugs into ethernet and you can plug any phone into it.

There are some phones that have VOIP capability, meaning you can plug them directly into ethernet.

I believe Vonage usually comes with an adapter such as a Linksys PAP2 so you can hook any regular phone up to it

I have vonage and I got the DLink VTA-VC thing that plugs into my modem.

 

[nsafreak]

Vonage includes a MTA that you just plug a phone into. If you want to spend a little bit of time you can hook it directly into your house's phone line system and just use any phone with any jack in the house that you want.