Vonage and Xbox Live

Posts: 11 · Vonage Forum Associate Joined: Jan 05, 2005 Posts: 11

I am seriously considering ditching my phone service for Vonage, but I have a few concerns. One of them is compatibility with Xbox Live. Does Vonage interfere with online gaming, or vice versa? Last time I checked, my upload speeds were around 370kbps. Any info is appreciated.

Thanks,
Andy

Posts: 70 · Full Forum Member Joined: Jun 17, 2004 Posts: 70

I'm not sure how it could effect Xbox Live. It doesn't effect any of your broadband in any way. I've used both for about a year. I'm not sure I've played Halo 2 while on the phone yet but it shouldn't be a problem as the max data on the two combined is far less than your broadband.

Posts: 1 · New Forum Member Joined: Jan 12, 2005 Posts: 1

Vonage does NOT work well with XBOX live, especially Halo 2. Whenver I play Halo 2 with Vonage hooked up it will drop me about every 15 minutes or so. When I disconnect my Vonage then I NEVER get dropped. It's like Vonage sends a hickup through the connection every 15 minutes. Now this sounds like an isolated incedent, but my friend who has Vonage and Halo 2 had the exact same problem. He unhooked his Vonage and the problem went away. I hope Vonage fixes this problem soon!

Posts: 70 · Full Forum Member Joined: Jun 17, 2004 Posts: 70

I'd be surprised if it was a Vonage problem. Mainly because it works fine at my place. In fact Xbox Live works with several games without a problem, including Halo2.

Posts: 11 · Vonage Forum Associate Joined: Jan 05, 2005 Posts: 11

williamsba wrote:

Vonage does NOT work well with XBOX live, especially Halo 2. Whenver I play Halo 2 with Vonage hooked up it will drop me about every 15 minutes or so. When I disconnect my Vonage then I NEVER get dropped. It's like Vonage sends a hickup through the connection every 15 minutes. Now this sounds like an isolated incedent, but my friend who has Vonage and Halo 2 had the exact same problem. He unhooked his Vonage and the problem went away. I hope Vonage fixes this problem soon!

What kind of upload speeds do you get with your ISP? I just hooked up my vonage this evening, and I will be testing with xbox soon.

Posts: 16 · Vonage Forum Associate Joined: Jan 11, 2005 Posts: 16

I get the same problem of connection drop if connecting this way: cable modem->phone modem->D-Link router->Xbox. Without the phone modem in the way, no connection drop was observed. I try to hook up the phone modem to the router but couldn't find the way yet. The phone modem couldn't obtain an IP address for some reasons.

Posts: 10 · Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2005 11:54 pm Post subject:

I too am having disconnects from Xbox Live while playing Halo 2. I have 3MB/s Charter Cable Modem using Vonage Linksys RT31P2.

Posts: 16 · Vonage Forum Associate Joined: Jan 11, 2005 Posts: 16

By any chance for those who ecounter problem with connection drop, what type of cable modem do you have? I have the Panasonic PCX1100 which might be the issue (seeing discussions in other threads regarding about this modem).

Posts: 3198 · Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 10:30 am Post subject:

it's not so much the modem as it is the service provider. the modem has an issue yes, but it is correctable by the isp. evidently, comcast (or at least some comcast markets) have not made the fix.

Posts: 16 · Vonage Forum Associate Joined: Jan 11, 2005 Posts: 16

Does this mean, am I stuck? I have Comcast but have no other choice for service provider in my area. So it wouldn't make any difference if I switch the cable modem? Thanks, John.