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TonyIn Posted:
First thank you.
Vonage tells me to
call my ISP for
help to set up a
router. My
ISP(AT&T)...
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On Nov 21, 2009 at 20:54:01

Taha Posted:
I was able to host
Warcraft 3 games
WITHOUT the vonage
receiver. I port
forwarded...
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On Nov 21, 2009 at 20:06:18

trekologer Posted:
Quest is the one
to port your
number back. If it
was ported without
your permission,...
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On Nov 21, 2009 at 15:32:26

TonyIn Posted:
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On Nov 21, 2009 at 15:09:32

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Steve48 Posted:
Since the setup
modem>Vonage is
working, the
Vonage unit must
be set up to
handle...
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On Nov 21, 2009 at 04:44:18

Steve48 Posted:
You can't just
plug in the old
one and go, but
you can register
the new one on
line...
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On Nov 21, 2009 at 04:22:17

rjanda Posted:
Thank you
ScottZ013, your
input is much
appreciated. FYI I
did check all my
credit...
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On Nov 21, 2009 at 03:55:04

TonyIn Posted:
My Dlink router
sat
at: 192.168.1.1
My Link sys sits
at the same
location My...
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On Nov 21, 2009 at 02:48:10

ScottZ013 Posted:
I am sorry to hear
about your issue.
I understand the
frustration, but
you maybe...
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On Nov 21, 2009 at 02:39:51

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Vonage I need to do a little leg work but given what the Techs were telling me yesterday

I need to do a little leg work but given what the Techs were telling me yesterday when they were at my house, many posters might be right that it's more local then central. By this I'm not talking about your house connection specifically but more like the neighborhood nodes. Also I have noticed when talking to my wife from work when she is on Vonage, that she can always hear me but I can't hear her which tells me it is more of a sending thing then receiving. I never had the problem until last Friday and it sounds like they extended our neighborhood node to a new development. As many have stated it's probably because of expansion but not the typical view of more people using bandwidth but more related to power. Let me explain a little and I will elaborate more when I have more time. When they add new connection points or head equipment, they typically have to crank up the power to support the new addition and what this most likely does is sets a # of cable modems into tailspins. If you look at your cable modems config you will see a figure related to Upstream and Downstream Power Levels. In this case your Downstream level drives your packet going out. This # is supposed to be between -12 and +12 dBmV. After Friday this # had skyrocketed to 21 dBmV on my cable modem but it still worked. A tech came out and made some adjustments to bring it back in range, but here are two reasons why it doesn't resolve the problem: 1) He said when the Downstream dBmV is above 12, it is like screaming on the line. Your through-put drops and the cable has impedance limitations that will prevent or slow this high of a signal. Now take my modem times the 200 other people on my node all screaming. 2) The second tech that came out adjusted my actual connection box and was explaining to me how the node I'm on has expanded. With all the new development, they just added another connection point. What made the comment more interesting was that he stated he now has the task of going back and rebalancing the complete neighborhood and adjusting every cable connection box so the signal is within spec for everyone. So my bottom line conclusion is as follows: Some type of neighborhood upgrade or expansion -> more power on the line -> creating hundreds of screaming modems -> hence the periodic drop of outbound signal. An more over Joe or Jane web surfer doesn't see this because 98% of their communication is feeding them, with only the occasional ACK response back to sender. Just a theory. I have put a call in to find out specifically why I was down for 1/2 hour on Friday and hence why my performance has been so bad using VoIP. 10 to 1 it was an expansion or a head adjustment to the neighborhood. I will probably start a thread on the Comcast site relating to this in hopes to snag some techs on my idea.

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Another Comcast user with dropped outgoing ''packets''

• Typical story - used Vonage for a year and noticed bad outgoing quality in past
• Same here on both accounts (outbound sound loss and wife getting i-rate). Frankly
• It could be a matter of QoS settings or a bad line somewhere. This may be useful:
• As an FYI, Comcast tech came to my house and said signal to my house was too strong!!
• It really should be 0% as far as PingPlotter is concerned. -Craig
• I was just out there looking at some details on my cable modem and stumbled across
• interesting. we've been getting the same sort of issues here for the last few weeks
• I use Comcast here in Michigan and seem to have no issues with packet loss that I
• Interesting theory. But would a "screaming" downstread signal also cause the

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