Vonage w/o a PC?

[diqbal]

I have an idea that I'm not sure is feasible, so I thought i'd ask. I want to send a Vonage phone adapter to my father who is in Pakistan for a few months so that when we dialed a local US number, it would ring there. Is this possible and is it possible without a PC? I would like to just have him plug in his broadband ethernet cable into the adapter and be good to go. Also is there any way to have the phone ring both in the US as well as in Pak?!

 

[Kipper]

I don't think phone systems will work the same way in Pakistan as they will in the US.

 

[TitanDiddly]

What?

 

[Grey]

Don't need the PC other then to check the online billing info. As long as he has a cable/DSL modem he should be fine.

Hmm, I think you might want to check Vonage website for Pakistan usage heh.

 

[diqbal]

My question would be: how does Vonage know whether the broandband connection is in Florida or Pakistan or Japan for that matter? It should route the call to the IP address anyway no?

 

[CVSiN]

if he has broadband which i cant imagine he would without a PC... then technically it should work if you maintained the Account in the US but there is no support for beloved patriot area codes yet... so it would only work from there to here as a local...

but wouldnt broadband be even more expensive than the real phone call from there in the first place?
Somehow I find it hard to imagine a underdeveloped country like Pak being wired with cheap broadband..

 

[ActuaryTm]

Originally posted by: diqbal
how does Vonage know whether the broandband connection is in Florida or Pakistan or Japan for that matter?

Vonage > diqbal.

That's basically how.

 

[dabuddha]

Originally posted by: CVSiN
if he has broadband which i cant imagine he would without a PC... then technically it should work if you maintained the Account in the US but there is no support for beloved patriot area codes yet... so it would only work from there to here as a local...

but wouldnt broadband be even more expensive than the real phone call from there in the first place?
Somehow I find it hard to imagine a underdeveloped country like Pak being wired with cheap broadband..

Calling long distance is not very cheap. Basically it'd be a local phone call for him.

diqbal: It should work. I have friends that do this same thing with family in India.

 

[diqbal]

Therein lies the funniest thing: Broadband is actually cheaper than landline phone service due to the low demand for such a service in rural areas (people wouldnt know what to do with it). Second question: can one number have two phone adapters? So if someone called my number and Vonage just thought I had two phone adapters for the same locale, would it also ring in PK?! :-0 ahah

 

[Mutilator]

As long as he has broadband then yes it'll work. I just set up Vonage 2-3 weeks ago myself and I'm pretty sure it even tells you you can take your adapter with you when you travel to other countries, as long as your destination has broadband.

Edit - as far as the 2 adapters/1 number thing... that'd be a question for Vonage.

 

[diqbal]

That's cute, but IP addresses are a funny thing. They could be my daddy and still not know.

Originally posted by: ActuaryTm

Originally posted by: diqbal
how does Vonage know whether the broandband connection is in Florida or Pakistan or Japan for that matter?

Vonage > diqbal.

That's basically how.

 

[CVSiN]

Originally posted by: dabuddha

Originally posted by: CVSiN
if he has broadband which i cant imagine he would without a PC... then technically it should work if you maintained the Account in the US but there is no support for beloved patriot area codes yet... so it would only work from there to here as a local...

but wouldnt broadband be even more expensive than the real phone call from there in the first place?
Somehow I find it hard to imagine a underdeveloped country like Pak being wired with cheap broadband..

Calling long distance is not very cheap. Basically it'd be a local phone call for him.

diqbal: It should work. I have friends that do this same thing with family in India.

I understand the concept Budda.. i dont understand how broadband that he wont use except for vonage would be cheaper than the phone call itself..

50 bucks a month buys alot of long distance in USA =P

 

[dabuddha]

Originally posted by: CVSiN

Originally posted by: dabuddha

Originally posted by: CVSiN
if he has broadband which i cant imagine he would without a PC... then technically it should work if you maintained the Account in the US but there is no support for beloved patriot area codes yet... so it would only work from there to here as a local...

but wouldnt broadband be even more expensive than the real phone call from there in the first place?
Somehow I find it hard to imagine a underdeveloped country like Pak being wired with cheap broadband..

Calling long distance is not very cheap. Basically it'd be a local phone call for him.

diqbal: It should work. I have friends that do this same thing with family in India.

I understand the concept Budda.. i dont understand how broadband that he wont use except for vonage would be cheaper than the phone call itself..

50 bucks a month buys alot of long distance in USA =P

True but broadband in other countries costs nowhere near that much.
Plus $50 only buys you 151 minutes on average.

 

[diqbal]

CVSiN:

The savings are had here: broandband in PK is cheap. If I could pay $25.00/month and afford my father and his friends/family the ability to call him all the time at no cost to them (no buying calling cards etc.) It's well worth it. Plus it'll allow him to call home to the US as well. I'd probably buy at least $25.00 worth of calling cards to call him a month alone and that justifies the costs in and of itself.

Originally posted by: CVSiN

Originally posted by: dabuddha

Originally posted by: CVSiN
if he has broadband which i cant imagine he would without a PC... then technically it should work if you maintained the Account in the US but there is no support for beloved patriot area codes yet... so it would only work from there to here as a local...

but wouldnt broadband be even more expensive than the real phone call from there in the first place?
Somehow I find it hard to imagine a underdeveloped country like Pak being wired with cheap broadband..

Calling long distance is not very cheap. Basically it'd be a local phone call for him.

diqbal: It should work. I have friends that do this same thing with family in India.

I understand the concept Budda.. i dont understand how broadband that he wont use except for vonage would be cheaper than the phone call itself..

50 bucks a month buys alot of long distance in USA =P

 

[CVSiN]

Originally posted by: diqbal
CVSiN:

The savings are had here: broandband in PK is cheap. If I could pay $25.00/month and afford my father and his friends/family the ability to call him all the time at no cost to them (no buying calling cards etc.) It's well worth it. Plus it'll allow him to call home to the US as well. I'd probably buy at least $25.00 worth of calling cards to call him a month alone and that justifies the costs in and of itself.



wow again getting the shaft in the good old usa.....
every square inch of our country has fibre layed and yet our prices still through the roof and only going higher...

good for you though that would be way cheaper of thats indeed the case. And if it works

 

[CVSiN]

Originally posted by: diqbal
CVSiN:

The savings are had here: broandband in PK is cheap. If I could pay $25.00/month and afford my father and his friends/family the ability to call him all the time at no cost to them (no buying calling cards etc.) It's well worth it. Plus it'll allow him to call home to the US as well. I'd probably buy at least $25.00 worth of calling cards to call him a month alone and that justifies the costs in and of itself.



wow again getting the shaft in the good old usa.....
every square inch of our country has fibre layed and yet our prices still through the roof and only going higher...

good for you though that would be way cheaper of thats indeed the case. And if it works

 

[FlyLice]

they have internet in paksitan?!?! They have phones there?

 

[diqbal]

Yeah, they also have this low-tech thing called Thermo-Nuclear Weapons.

Originally posted by: FlyLice
they have internet in paksitan?!?! They have phones there?

 

[neonerd]

yes