Roadrunner Lite and Vonage

Posts: 20 · Vonage Forum Associate Joined: Aug 18, 2005 Posts: 20

Is anyone using Time Warner Roadrunner Lite with Vonage?

I am using Vonage with "regular" Roadrunner but it is me costing $45 per month for RR.

My friend switched to RR Lite for about $25 per month and says he can not tell much difference in internet speed. But will the slower internet speed affect my Vonage service.

Jim

Posts: 4748 · Vonage Forum **MVM** Joined: Aug 30, 2005 Posts: 4748

I don't know the answer to your question, but why don't you ask your friend to go to the Vonage site and run the speed test? Do the same from your own computer, and then you'll have a starting point for comparing the services.

Posts: 3198 · Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 9:53 am Post subject:

pretty sure rr lite is 256/128. you might get away with it...but it would probably involve at least a little bit of tweaking.

Posts: 4748 · Vonage Forum **MVM** Joined: Aug 30, 2005 Posts: 4748

And if those speeds are right, I wouldn't expect good internet performance when the phone is in use.

Posts: 20 · Vonage Forum Associate Joined: Aug 18, 2005 Posts: 20

I read on the Vonage site that 90 Kbps is required for the Vonage service to work best so the RR Lite at 128 Kbps might be pushing it especially if someone is using the Internet at the same time the phone is being used.

I guess I will have to stay with the regular RR service although I think $45 per month is a bit high.

Jim

Posts: 3198 · Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 10:08 am Post subject:

it is high. but 90kbps is the highest vonage setting. there is also 50 and 30. if I were you, I'd switch to rr lite, try vonage and regular computer usage at each setting, then switch back if i had to.

Posts: 4748 · Vonage Forum **MVM** Joined: Aug 30, 2005 Posts: 4748

Or carry your adapter over to your friend's house, if he's willing, and give it a try.

Posts: 47 · Full Forum Member Joined: Aug 18, 2005 Posts: 47

The other thing is, as it was explained to me, the kbps quote that Vonage gives you needs to be cut in half.
90kbps for the highest setting actually means 45kbps upload and 45kbps download.
So the lowest setting on the bandwidth saver thingy is 30kbps, only 15kbps upload and 15kbps download.
So it's all up to Roadrunner, and your computer. I don't think you'll be able to run Limewire and play World of Warcraft while talking on the phone and stuff.

Posts: 276 · Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 2:30 pm Post subject:

tix3on wrote:

The other thing is, as it was explained to me, the kbps quote that Vonage gives you needs to be cut in half.
90kbps for the highest setting actually means 45kbps upload and 45kbps download.

Uhh, whoever explained that to you simply had no idea what they were talking about, because that's simply wrong. 90k means 90k up and 90k down, and its actually a little higher than that because of the packetization overhead.

Posts: 1 · New Forum Member Joined: Nov 09, 2005 Posts: 1

i have road runner lite and have no problems with vonage, just breaks up a little when u are using the web, but not bad at all. typically i just wait to surf when i am off the phone, and i had the same minor breakups (minor) when i had re road runner so go figure. i have rr lite 25$ and basic vonage 14.95 cant be beat 40 dollars internet and phone bill !! yippeee vonage