how to make replayTV works with Vonage

Posts: 2 · New Forum Member Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Posts: 2

I have the old panasonic showstopper, i works fine when I was with verizon, after switched to Vonage, it seems can't connect every night to get the channel guide update, I search this forum, follow all hte suggestions; lower the modem speed or add DSL filter to it, but still can't make it works, showstopper dail-out every night 2-3 times use 3-5 minutes every dail, but still can't get the updates!! anyone have the same problem and got a good working solution here??
thanks

Posts: 2 · New Forum Member Joined: Jan 12, 2005 Posts: 2

Did You get your Showstopper working?

Posts: 3 · New Forum Member Joined: Jan 14, 2005 Posts: 3

I am having the exact same problem. My old Panasonic Showstopper was working fine with my old land based phone service. Soon as I went to Vonage, the Showstopper tries to dial out but will not establish a connection to download the channel giude. This is very frustrating!

And yes, I did disconnect the line from the telco box thus severing my home's connection to the outside world. And yes, I can make and receive calls. And yes, my internet connection is working just fine.

Posts: 79 · Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 3:35 pm Post subject:

Devices like that...TiVo, DirectTV, etc., are extremely difficult to get to work over Voip. It IS NOT...I repeat, IS NOT a Vonage problem specifically, but a deficiency in the Voip technology itself. The V in Voip stands for Voice, not fax or Tivo, or replayTV. Voip was not designed with TiVo, DirectTV or even faxing in mind. There is an advancement in the technology, called FoIP, in the works. Designed to enhance the ability to send faxes over IP, it should also increase the ability for those other above named devices to dial out over IP.

Posts: 2 · New Forum Member Joined: Jan 12, 2005 Posts: 2

How can we find out more

Posts: 3198 · Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 6:17 pm Post subject:

find out more about what? foip? getting tivo's etc to work? if it's the latter here are a few links.
http://www.vonage-forum.com/ftopic2283.html
http://www.vonage-forum.com/ftopic2219.html
http://www.vonage-forum.com/ftopic2221.html
http://www.vonage-forum.com/ftopic165.html

Posts: 79 · Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 9:14 pm Post subject: Re: FoIP

nikjmiles wrote:

How can we find out more

Do a Yahoo or Google search on FoIP, u'll find more info.

Posts: 12 · Vonage Forum Associate Joined: Apr 30, 2005 Posts: 12

JScott wrote:

nikjmiles wrote:

How can we find out more

Do a Yahoo or Google search on FoIP, u'll find more info.

Can you advise when or if Vonage will support FoIP?

Posts: 5 · Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 7:38 pm Post subject:

That would explain why slowing the modem speed of Replay down would help. The slower speed would more closely resemble voice and, I assume, be more forgiving of transmission errors.