Is Vonage Right For Her?

Posts: 51 · Full Forum Member Joined: Oct 26, 2008 Posts: 51

I have heard that Comcast allows you to use your regular phone jacks.

Posts: 227 · Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 2:23 pm Post subject:

Most cable companies mount the device outside and route the in-house phone wiring to it. You could do the same with your own Vonage device if you ran power out to a weatherproof box or some other well-sheltered area.

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kamnet wrote:

Most cable companies mount the device outside and route the in-house phone wiring to it. You could do the same with your own Vonage device if you ran power out to a weatherproof box or some other well-sheltered area.

Vonage gave me a Motorola VT2442 which is a 4 port ethernet router. I have it sitting next to my cable modem. I ran a 100 foot telephone wire from the Vonage device to the pre-existing telephone jack. So pretty much the direction of the existing telephone wires is reversed and the house is disconnected at the customer interface box outside. Coupled between the line going to the telephone jack is a 2-way splitter right from the Vonage output where I put a phone right next to my computer.

Posts: 144 · Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 9:11 am Post subject:

kamnet wrote:

Most cable companies mount the device outside and route the in-house phone wiring to it. You could do the same with your own Vonage device if you ran power out to a weatherproof box or some other well-sheltered area.

Don't bother installing if outdoors... install your Vonage device anywhere, plug it in to the nearest telephone jack, and disconnect your house wiring from your telco line at the outdoor box. You will then have activated all of your indoor jacks with Vonage. That's what the cable companies do, also.

Posts: 810 · Vonage Forum Evangelist Joined: Jun 08, 2007 Posts: 810

DLevenson wrote:

kamnet wrote:

Most cable companies mount the device outside and route the in-house phone wiring to it. You could do the same with your own Vonage device if you ran power out to a weatherproof box or some other well-sheltered area.

Don't bother installing if outdoors... install your Vonage device anywhere, plug it in to the nearest telephone jack, and disconnect your house wiring from your telco line at the outdoor box. You will then have activated all of your indoor jacks with Vonage. That's what the cable companies do, also.

For more information see "Do-It-Yourself Home Wiring Guide at http://www.vonage.com/support.php?article=649

Posts: 227 · Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 11:37 am Post subject:

But what if I *wanted* to mount it outside, Hmmmm?

Twisted Evil

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kamnet wrote:

But what if I *wanted* to mount it outside, Hmmmm?

Twisted Evil

The you could buy something like one of these

http://www.hyperlinktech.com/productcenter.aspx?id=14