> I am shopping for a new VoIP service provider but I am a little new at
> VoIP stuff so I would appreciate some guidance.
> If I buy a VoIP router so that I can use a regular telephone, I don't
> want to buy hardware that is tied to a specific provider. Is SIP v2 the
> standard that a router needs to support to allow it to be vendor
> neutral? If not, what standard or specification should the router meet?
> Can anyone recommend a 4-port VOIP router (and perhaps a place to buy
> it) that meets this requirement?
> I want go with a service provider that will work with any standard VoIP
> hardware (see question above) _and_ that will work with Linux softphones
> like Ekiga. Does anyone have good or bad experience with BroadVoice? Are
> there other providers that I should consider?
I got my wife Vonage. The hardware is rented as part of the fee. Lightning
screwed it up last month, they replaced it FREE.
If you buy it you replace it. (no FREE)
Same for my cable modem. Two years ago the wall wart (power supply) went bad
and they replaced modem (they upgraded to the latest model FREE) and supply.
I would not do business otherwise unless something very compelling was offered.
If I change service providers, I send this one back and I get a different one.
I do not have your problem to start with.
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Ron KA4INM
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