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Message |
| Topic: Shaw VOIP-any problems? |
Earman
Replies: 32
Views: 8757
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Forum: Vonage Canada
Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 9:37 pm Subject: I have had Vonage for 3 months and never got a good service out of it. I don't think |
| I have had Vonage for 3 months and never got a good service out of it. I don't think it is Internet provider related as I first tried Telus highest Speed and then switched to Shaw. Shaw was slightly b ... |
| Topic: Working QoS settings WRT54G & Shaw |
Earman
Replies: 24
Views: 3352
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Forum: Vonage Canada
Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 9:20 pm Subject: Unfortunately, I have to take back what I said earlier! The settings which seemed |
Unfortunately, I have to take back what I said earlier! The settings which seemed to work for me did only work for a few days and it may just have been a fluke that they did work.
I did get about 5 ... |
| Topic: Working QoS settings WRT54G & Shaw |
Earman
Replies: 24
Views: 3352
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Forum: Vonage Canada
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 5:46 am Subject: I took my Vonage box with me to Taiwan and used it for a week on a high speed cable (fiber |
| I took my Vonage box with me to Taiwan and used it for a week on a high speed cable (fiber optic) with no QoS at all and it worked wonderfuly well despite having 3 computers online at the same time. T ... |
| Topic: Working QoS settings WRT54G & Shaw |
Earman
Replies: 24
Views: 3352
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Forum: Vonage Canada
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 9:06 pm Subject: I also tried an Hawking HBB1 Broadband Booster. I was unable to demonstrate, in |
| I also tried an Hawking HBB1 Broadband Booster. I was unable to demonstrate, in my setup, that it was superior to what I could achieve with the Linksys alone. I know many people and technical reviewer ... |
| Topic: Working QoS settings WRT54G & Shaw |
Earman
Replies: 24
Views: 3352
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Forum: Vonage Canada
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 4:46 pm Subject: I had tried: port priority alone, MAC address priority alone and both at the same |
| I had tried: port priority alone, MAC address priority alone and both at the same time. I could not see any difference so I left all ON to cover any possibility. I can see the point of not overloading ... |
| Topic: Voice deteriorates drastically when using Internet |
Earman
Replies: 15
Views: 2662
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Forum: Vonage Canada
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 4:38 pm Subject: After upgrading the firmware, HBB1 seems to work OK but not any better than the |
| After upgrading the firmware, HBB1 seems to work OK but not any better than the QoS optimization in the Linksys router. Reviewers said it was better than Router QoS but I do not see that in my setting ... |
| Topic: Voice deteriorates drastically when using Internet |
Earman
Replies: 15
Views: 2662
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Forum: Vonage Canada
Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 8:49 pm Subject: I had ordered a Hawking HBB1 locally (cheaper than on eBay) and received it today. |
| I had ordered a Hawking HBB1 locally (cheaper than on eBay) and received it today. I removed the QoS settings from the Linksys router and placed the HBB1 between the modem and the router. At first eve ... |
| Topic: Working QoS settings WRT54G & Shaw |
Earman
Replies: 24
Views: 3352
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Forum: Vonage Canada
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 4:01 pm Subject: Good to hear! When it's working, it's working well!
I just spent over 1.5 hour |
Good to hear! When it's working, it's working well!
I just spent over 1.5 hour on the phone with Europe while my daughter was downloading a video on her laptop WiFi. I had one disconnection after ... |
| Topic: Working QoS settings WRT54G & Shaw |
Earman
Replies: 24
Views: 3352
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Forum: Vonage Canada
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 1:49 pm Subject: Great! Does that improve you Vonage actual calls quality? |
| Great! Does that improve you Vonage actual calls quality? |
| Topic: Working QoS settings WRT54G & Shaw |
Earman
Replies: 24
Views: 3352
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Forum: Vonage Canada
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 5:57 pm Subject: Bandwidth saver is at Best (90Kbps). With my previous problems, I did not see any |
| Bandwidth saver is at Best (90Kbps). With my previous problems, I did not see any improvement with lowering the bandwidth and it seemed to be even more susceptible to deterioration when it is low to s ... |
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