Anyone using the new Linksys/Cisco VOIP router from Vonage?

Posts: 7 · New Forum Member Joined: Oct 29, 2004 Posts: 7

I had the Motorola router, which had great voice quality but poor routing. I tried all the routing combos, giving up QoS for better routing with my own router and visa-versa. Bottom line, I needed better routing with QoS, so I got the Linksys router from Vonage. Well, the routing is great, but the voice quality is not as good. I hear the faint broadcast of a radio stations on all my calls and my Tivo/DirecTV cannot call out. Bottom line: Motorola has better voice quality and Linksys has better routing capabilities.

Posts: 44 · Full Forum Member Joined: Jan 21, 2005 Posts: 44

FarmerBob wrote:

But I got that hmm feeling and opted to wait for the Netgear that is just now started testing.

When is the netgear router coming out?

Posts: 15 · Vonage Forum Associate Joined: Jul 13, 2004 Posts: 15

hotrod wrote:

When is the netgear router coming out?

Who knows? I spoke with someone at Vonage the other day that said they were happy with the Linksys/Cisco gear and that was it. So . . . . .

I wouldn't hold your breath. They seem to be basking in their new found glory and content.

Posts: 79 · Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2005 5:39 pm Post subject:

New found glory and content?? OMG

Posts: 44 · Full Forum Member Joined: Jan 21, 2005 Posts: 44

JScott wrote:

New ......

So do you have any news?

Scott I have other questions and concerns, but they might be better in my other thread. Could you check it out here. http://www.vonage-forum.com/ftopic2476.html

Posts: 4 · New Forum Member Joined: Feb 19, 2005 Posts: 4

The linksys is 100 times better than that motorola. It's very simalar to the Sipura SPA-2000 that VoicePulse uses. Which is cool because you can threeway calls while the line is still ringing, which is just like how threewaying on a real copper landline works. And they are giving out the linksys NOT the Cisco. They haven't used Cisco in a long time now.

edit: Oh wait nevermind i forgot this Linksys is powered by Cisco. It's really odd because this is the same as the Sipura SPA-2000. Oh well this still much better that the motorola. For one thing at least when you make 3 way calls you can actually hang up on the person and continue to make 3way calls. The motorola was too damn buggy

Posts: 68 · Full Forum Member Joined: Feb 14, 2005 Posts: 68

I don't know about the PAP2, but if you get a linksys box, don't use it as a router, your luck will be hit or miss on how stable it is.

Some people get perfect uptime with them, some get constant disconnects (like I do) -- either way, it's annoying as hell.

Posts: 10 · Vonage Forum Associate Joined: Feb 17, 2005 Posts: 10

I had allot of problems suddenly, I was running a Toshiba modem, motorola Voip , and a linksys router. Everything was great for about 5 mos. then the phone would cut out, etc. coinsedently Comcast upped their speed at that time, so first I got the linksys wrt54gp2 broadband router with 2 phone ports, go rid of the old router and motorola Voip, some change but not perfect, second upped my Comcast speed to gold for $10 a mo. now I'm getting 4500 - 6000 download speeds and 730-750 upload, phone is better, third replaced the Toshiba modem with a motorola 5100
now everything seems perfect (only been 2 days though) If I were to do it again I'd start with the modem , the toshiba was several years old and didn't support the new docsys 2 standard which I think Comcast now uses

Posts: 4 · New Forum Member Joined: Feb 19, 2005 Posts: 4

Dude you're speeds are find.
If you had a 1mbit down and 384k up that would still be more than enough for Vonage and 3waying and some web surfing. You got awsome speeds , you could do threeway call and gaming at the same time with those speeds!
I only have a 3mbit down and 780k up