"Easier way to do this is to run your phone cord to the closest phone jack in your house and unplug the phone line that comes into your house. it will run it to all the other phone jacks. thats how i did mine. and i didn't even have to use a screw driver."That's exactly what I did. It works great, I never have to deal with the phone company. Though Vonage did mess up our number transfer and I had to spend 2 hours on the phone with them to fix their mistake I'm still pretty happy.
I've been doing Sunrocket for a while. $199 annual plan (~$16.50/m), TWO incoming numbers, unlimited US/CA calls and an allowance each month for international. Lets us call Japan for 100min/mo for free. I rewired the telephone wiring such that Telco = Line 2, VOIP = Line 1 and I have individual jacks set up to Line 1/2 (or both) depending on whether I want the jack on Telco or VOIP. I have a Series 1 Tivo and a DSL modem that I keep on Telco service (for obvious reasons). The free phones you get w/ Sunrocket are sweet. I was able to complete my set of 4 handsets through referrals.<a class="user" href="http://mrshiney.froppy.com/blog">http://mrshiney.froppy.com/blog</a>
Vonage used to have instructions though they were burried and you had to dig for them (no pun inteded). The tricky part was to find out where/which your outside line came in from the telco demark. Most newer home builds offer a package that gives you either a punchdown pannel or RJ-11 (mine was actuall RJ-45 woo-hoo!) and makes this super simple. Been on Vonage for more than a year - never looked back!
"I connected my phone adapter directly to the nearest phone jack as well. Make sure you disconnect from the phone company, if you don't eventually the phone co will send a test 48vdc down the line and it will fry your TA."Worse yet if you had the line still active and someone called it's about double that.That's why most VoIP companies don't like their TAs connected to more than just a phone or two with a splitter - there's always some dumby that forgets to unplug something :)
I live in an apartment building... any tips to test the phone jack. I don't have access to disconnect from the phone company assuming that I am hooked up. Any idea's to test the line?
I got in the attic and ran two CAT5 homerun cables to each room in my house. My phones are punched on a 66 block with Packet8 VOIP, the phone company has long been disconnected from my house. I highly suggest pulling homerun cables. You can pick up a 66 block at Graybar for about $10.00.(My data is on a patch panel.) :)
This is great! Just got set up on vonage after sprint let me know that their already overpriced service was due to go up again. Saving almost $40 over sprint
Am I the only one that found that article poorly written? Sure the info is good knowledge if you are savvy enough to follow it, but for someone who isn't very technical it would be a very confusing read.Also - wouldn't disconnecting the telephone company from your house completely destroy your chances of dialling 911?
team_6Sep 26, 2005
Did this years ago when I first got Vonage, but a good article nonetheless.
nullvariableSep 26, 2005
"Easier way to do this is to run your phone cord to the closest phone jack in your house and unplug the phone line that comes into your house. it will run it to all the other phone jacks. thats how i did mine. and i didn't even have to use a screw driver."That's exactly what I did. It works great, I never have to deal with the phone company. Though Vonage did mess up our number transfer and I had to spend 2 hours on the phone with them to fix their mistake I'm still pretty happy.
mrshineySep 26, 2005
I've been doing Sunrocket for a while. $199 annual plan (~$16.50/m), TWO incoming numbers, unlimited US/CA calls and an allowance each month for international. Lets us call Japan for 100min/mo for free. I rewired the telephone wiring such that Telco = Line 2, VOIP = Line 1 and I have individual jacks set up to Line 1/2 (or both) depending on whether I want the jack on Telco or VOIP. I have a Series 1 Tivo and a DSL modem that I keep on Telco service (for obvious reasons). The free phones you get w/ Sunrocket are sweet. I was able to complete my set of 4 handsets through referrals.<a class="user" href="http://mrshiney.froppy.com/blog">http://mrshiney.froppy.com/blog</a>
snoududeSep 26, 2005
Vonage used to have instructions though they were burried and you had to dig for them (no pun inteded). The tricky part was to find out where/which your outside line came in from the telco demark. Most newer home builds offer a package that gives you either a punchdown pannel or RJ-11 (mine was actuall RJ-45 woo-hoo!) and makes this super simple. Been on Vonage for more than a year - never looked back!
snoududeSep 26, 2005
"I connected my phone adapter directly to the nearest phone jack as well. Make sure you disconnect from the phone company, if you don't eventually the phone co will send a test 48vdc down the line and it will fry your TA."Worse yet if you had the line still active and someone called it's about double that.That's why most VoIP companies don't like their TAs connected to more than just a phone or two with a splitter - there's always some dumby that forgets to unplug something :)
sceptreSep 27, 2005
I live in an apartment building... any tips to test the phone jack. I don't have access to disconnect from the phone company assuming that I am hooked up. Any idea's to test the line?
coolhandlukeSep 27, 2005
I got in the attic and ran two CAT5 homerun cables to each room in my house. My phones are punched on a 66 block with Packet8 VOIP, the phone company has long been disconnected from my house. I highly suggest pulling homerun cables. You can pick up a 66 block at Graybar for about $10.00.(My data is on a patch panel.) :)
immrlizardSep 27, 2005
This is great! Just got set up on vonage after sprint let me know that their already overpriced service was due to go up again. Saving almost $40 over sprint
mr.plowSep 27, 2005
Am I the only one that found that article poorly written? Sure the info is good knowledge if you are savvy enough to follow it, but for someone who isn't very technical it would be a very confusing read.Also - wouldn't disconnecting the telephone company from your house completely destroy your chances of dialling 911?
voipbizuserJan 5, 2006
Here's a great site on VOIP phone wiring and VOIP in general. There are links on how to hook up the VOIP adapter to all your home phones at <a class="user" href="http://www.voipwired.com/info/info_install_wiring.htm,">http://www.voipwired.com/info/info_install_wiring.htm,</a> as well as setting up a backup power supply, router, cables etc.