In the news, we'll see where Vonage ranks in terms of VoIP providers that are familiar to U.S. consumers.  We'll also go over a Vonage VoIP Forum thread on a Vonage VTech phone whose light seems to stay on all the time, and another thread about a two-line, two-router configuration that seems to be slowing down the thread author's Internet connection speeds.

In the news, we'll catch up on some big announcements from Vonage- about their IPO, E-911 service, and their shopping mall retail plans. We'll also go over Vonage VoIP Forum threads about poor sound quality and a router that may have been the cause of it - and what to do when Vonage keeps sending voice mail notification emails to an old email address. 

In the news, we'll see where Vonage ranks in VoIP services in North America and the U.K., and how a race car co-sponsored by Vonage did this weekend.  We'll also go over Vonage VoIP Forum threads about router configurations, and about call volume that is too loud. And this being Monday, we'll meet our newest Vonage Forum Member of the Week.

In the news, we'll catch up on Vonage's E911 progress. Today is Friday, the day for our popular In The Blogs Feature. We'll also go over a Vonage VoIP Forum thread about what you can, and can't use the new UT Starcom Vonage Wi-Fi phone for.

In the news, we'll learn who will be manufacturing a new generation of chips for Vonage equipment, find out which Vonage co-sponsored race car will be running this weekend, and also hear about a new Vonage-compatible, hands free speakerphone.  We'll also go over an Vonage VoIP Forum thread about untangling the New York City area code mess to get the most suitable area code for Vonage service, and using Vonage in a hotel. And finally, we'll tell you about how you can "Digg" what you read on the Vonage Forum.

April 3, 2006

By Jason Fry

As 2006 arrived, I offered a quintet of New Year's resolutions1 intended to drain the technological swamp that is the Fry household, a place where all the technology vaguely worked -- there were no viruses or malware running around loose, firewalls were up, and PCs accessed the Internet reliably, yet MP3s didn't play through the stereo, the TiVo wasn't part of the wireless network, and that network was a rat's nest of wired and wireless, gear that worked and gear that didn't.

Three months in, how am I doing? Not bad for a busy parent of a three-year-old. But not as well as I could. Here's a rundown of the resolutions, and the progress made. Or yet to be made.