Ok. I consider myself pretty good with phone stuff. As long as the point at which the phone line from outside (Telcompany line) is not connected.... IE, when you pick up another phone in your house, you get nothing. Then you can plug your vonage device into the phone jack nearest it and should have signal to all of your other phones. Vonage actually talks about this. Broadvox and others have instructions to that effect I believe. Just make sure that when you pick up the phone that it's dead and does NOT get a dial tone. Otherwise you could mess up your vonage device. All your jacks in the house are connected up together, and so it should work just fine. The other thing to ensure is that you don't have any other filters on the line. Powered ones could cause damage, but non powered probably just could cause it to not work. Below is from the Vonage site:
I plan on disconnecting the telco line coming in (it comes in at my crawl space under the stairs) and hooking Vonage up to that as soon as I get it.... Good Luck! -Tal
I plan on disconnecting the telco line coming in (it comes in at my crawl space under the stairs) and hooking Vonage up to that as soon as I get it.... Good Luck! -Tal
So I take that as, as long as the lines are unhooked comming into the house, it should be fine, The line is disconnected at the DMARC.
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None that I've seen. The only thing I'm worried about is Insight's crappy upload speed of 128kb. I've surfed while on the phone and it seemed OK. I haven't tried anything intensive, though.
I just got it hooked up today.
The voice quality is every bit as good as it was with the telco.
Do you have the option to go with DSL? I have DSL 1.5, my neighbor has Insight BB. Im able to browse and download ok well my gf is on the phone no problem. Where as my neighbor has to not use the pc well on the phone
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CRAP!! I just found out I STILL have a dial tone on my telco line. I TOLD them to disconnect me completely.
I guess I'll have to call an electrition or telephone guy to physically disconnect me.
Any idea on what type of workman to call for this?
I guess I'll have to call an electrition or telephone guy to physically disconnect me.
Any idea on what type of workman to call for this?
The phone company.
Even if a WORKMAN disconnects the line, you'll still have a dial tone... it just won't be on your jacks. It will end at the disconnection.
Think of it as water and the phone sytem as plumbing. The water needs to be turned off at the main (Telco)
I can understand that. I work for a ISP so I get 1568k for $20 a month and no contract, Would have cable if I didnt work for them.
Originally posted by: djheater
The phone company.
Even if a WORKMAN disconnects the line, you'll still have a dial tone... it just won't be on your jacks. It will end at the disconnection.
Think of it as water and the phone sytem as plumbing. The water needs to be turned off at the main (Telco)
Or just go out to your dmarc and unplug the line
do it yourself. Don't you know where the phone line comes in? You could even go outside your house and open the box there with a flat screwdriver usually and just cut it there. If you decide to hook up to a normal telco again later, they can fix that. I would just cut it.
Edit: And I mean the box on the side of your house..... not the one on the street. Just didn't want anyone to get arrested....
Originally posted by: TechITguy
Originally posted by: djheater
The phone company.
Even if a WORKMAN disconnects the line, you'll still have a dial tone... it just won't be on your jacks. It will end at the disconnection.
Think of it as water and the phone sytem as plumbing. The water needs to be turned off at the main (Telco)
Or just go out to your dmarc and unplug the line
That's what the proposed workman would do... but this doesn't solve the underlying problem of the TelCo still providing service to the line. They need to shut it off.
Ahh come on, real men unplug there phone lines in the rain.. .... well I guess you might look kinda suspecious out there at night in the rain cutting a phone line
lol
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Originally posted by: TechITguy
Ahh come on, real men unplug there phone lines in the rain.. .... well I guess you might look kinda suspecious out there at night in the rain cutting a phone line
Well, that, and I have a new house with new landscaping. Makes for LOTS of mud.
If you have access to the phone line where it comes into your house and connect the wire that goes to all of the lines in your house it should work. The main worry would be the voltage coming from the line from the phone company. So, if you find where the phone line comes into your house I say go for it. It should not hurt anything. On a side note, the Vonage box may not be able to supply enough voltage to ring every phone in your house if you have a large house with a lot of phones.
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Well, I went out there and I was right. It's really muddy and wet.
The box was also crawling with big, nasty looking spiders. So I sprayed bug poison all over the box and around it. I'll give it a looksee when the rain stops and the mud dries up.
The box was also crawling with big, nasty looking spiders. So I sprayed bug poison all over the box and around it. I'll give it a looksee when the rain stops and the mud dries up.
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