Anyone using Verizon FIOS with Vonage?

Posts: 1 · New Forum Member Joined: Aug 30, 2005 Posts: 1

I used Vonage with Comcast High Speed Cable for about 1 year and recently switched to Verizon FIOS in Highland Village, TX. I subscribed to the FIOS 2MB up / 5MB down package ($39.95/mo). I found Vonage to work quite well when used on the Comcast network with just some infrequent choppy audio or occassional service loss during a network outage. With FIOS, Vonage works even better and I would equate it with a landline experience. There is no choppy audio and the FIOS network seems to be more reliable; thus no loss of Vonage service due to FIOS outages.

Posts: 233 · Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 9:50 pm Post subject:

I can see where the fiber would be a good connection based on the performance of the ISP. I doubt it will come to my rural area for a few years or never. Right now the installation base is too costly except in high density population areas. That may change But my cable works GREAT and my service is a lot of bang for the buck. My only problem with your question is the provider, Verizon. That was my POTS and cell provider and is the reason I am a happy Vonage customer. I have found Verizon to be anything but pleasant to work with in almost every case. I lived in the Midwest previously (15 years ago) and it was GTE North here then. Only the name has changed. The service was just as bad here then.

Please God, don't let Verizon buy Vonage.

Posts: 1 · New Forum Member Joined: Jan 13, 2006 Posts: 1

Switched from Comcast to Verizon FIOS (plan for $35) two months ago. Glad I did. FIOS is much stable. Switched when Comcast was down for few days in my area.
Once I saw phone service out and start complaining but it appears my router got stack, after I restarted the router everything was fine.
Had no configuration problems at all. Just plugged in the Vonage adapter and it start working.
My wife is talking on the phone while watching striming video on her computer and I downloaded huge file at this time. She noticed nothing wrong with voice quality. With Comcast I should set up adapter before router and I had port forwarding problems. Now it's after router and everything works just fine.
So I'd recommend FIOS.

Posts: 7 · New Forum Member Joined: Feb 21, 2006 Posts: 7

Sorry, this post is in reply to a member on page 1 - oops!

"My neighbor just got Vonage and has Verizon DSL & POTS. They are now using Vonage and have successfully cancelled POTS w/DSL on the same line. It is working fine. Verizon DSL has a new terms of service which indicates that you can have DSL only on the line".