UTStarcom F1000 wifi phone for sale?

Posts: 1 · New Forum Member Joined: Oct 06, 2007 Posts: 1

Does anyone have one for sale?

If not, do you know where any are for sale?

Thank you Smile

Posts: 72 · Full Forum Member Joined: Apr 27, 2005 Posts: 72

UTStar com currently not provided thru retail , available only thru Vonage direct , however have noticed recently no stocks with them as well. maybe you can login to vonage.com and go to products section to see what they offer currently.

Posts: 174 · Vonage Forum Master Joined: Dec 06, 2006 Posts: 174

Beware of buying one from a private party, even if their Vonage account is paid up and they are a subscriber in good standing.

Such a purchase from an individual who is not an authorized Vonage reseller violates their terms of service and you may not be able to get Vonage to provision the MAC address to your account.

Posts: 103

Does anyone know why the starcom phones are no longer being sold from the Vonage site?

Posts: 174 · Vonage Forum Master Joined: Dec 06, 2006 Posts: 174

In fact, it looks like they're only selling two models of a router and a V-Phone.

http://vonage.com/products.php?lid=nav_products

Posts: 328 · Vonage Forum Evangelist Joined: Dec 13, 2005 Posts: 328

I expect that they are not being sold because Vonage is sold out of phones. Vonage did not move on to the F1000G or F3000 and UTStarcom does not make the F1000 any more.

Posts: 13 · Vonage Forum Associate Joined: Aug 24, 2005 Posts: 13

http://www.hellodirect.com/hellodirect/Shop;jsessionid=E5F17F145CF05EFEC0D947BE6D0A8F9D?DSP=30102&PCR=1:1:5:25:270&IID=11248&itemskuid=11248

I ordered my from them and they said it is the Vonage Branded one and when I get it I will find out, because all the other sites list the F1000G or say not compadible with Vonage but I emailed them and they confirmed it works with Vonage.

Posts: 328 · Vonage Forum Evangelist Joined: Dec 13, 2005 Posts: 328

I had a look at Hello Direct. I would guess that the phone will be a standard software, unlocked (not Vonage branded) version. CHeck for the Vonage logo on the back and for a firmware version ending in .vo. If there is no brand, and a .st firmware version, it is unlocked.

Posts: 19 · Vonage Forum Associate Joined: Jan 03, 2006 Posts: 19

Guys - I just got off the phone with Vonage. Vonage no longer sells the phone.

I have had it for about 1 year. It's been working ok but not perfect. The voice degrades once in a while, and I have to reboot it to get the quality back on.
Just recently the screen is fading in and out so I called Vonage support where they no longer support the phone and cannot replace it.
So I am stuck going back to a router. I love the flexibility but I am disappointed. I should be able to use an WiFi phone and use Vonage.
They can't even transfer my phone number to a softphone. I am not sure what I am going to do.

Frank

Posts: 328 · Vonage Forum Evangelist Joined: Dec 13, 2005 Posts: 328

Depending on how many outgoing calls you make - and from where - you can transfer your main number to a router on a $15/month account then add a soft phone for $10/month and use an "unlocked" WiFi phone for that. The other choice is to try one (Vonage branded F1000) from eBay (with no guarantee at all that Vonage would let you use it).