[LUNI] Comcast bundle question

[bil Jeschke]

On Thursday 14 February 2008 5:28:09 pm Jay Strauss wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 1:42 PM, Mike Scott <luni at pyewacket.org> wrote:
> > Same here.  WOW for cable TV & Internet, Vonage for phone.
> > They have unlimited calling (local/long distance) or 500 minute/month
> > packages.  I like the fact they don't treat local and long distance
> > differently (the phone companies cling to this obsolete model because
> > they make a ton of money from it).  I don't know if WOW phone does, but
> > I have heard Commie-cast does and at one time even tried to use the
> > Illinois Bell scam of A-B-C band calls charging more for local than LD.
> > Plus a ton of features like you can have your voicemail messages sent to
> > you as an MP3 attached to an email message, or have several phones ring
> > (work/cell) when someone calls your Vonage number.
> >
> > - Mike Scott
>
> How's the sound quality for Vonage?  I tried telephone over IP about 7
> years ago and it left a lot to be desired in terms of sound quality.
>
> Also, isn't there some issue with 911 and IP phones?
>
> thanks
> Jay

The sound is good, provided you are not running lots of Bittorrents on your 
network.  Vonage lets you control how much bandwidth calls use so slower 
connections can use more compression.  Of course this lowers the quality, but 
it still works.
For 911, you enter your address into your account so when you dial 911 the 
call is routed proper and your address is passed on.  Not a big deal as some 
would make it out to be.