VOIP
2 messages · 2005-03-27 → 2005-04-09 · Yahoo Group era · View archive on archive.org
Participants: Eric Johnson, James Diffendaffer
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1. VOIP
Eric Johnson · Sun, 27 Mar 2005 13:20
To the Group:
One of the killers of the old 2050 modems and their kin was the
massive cost of long distance calling in the 80s. now we have VOIP
services availible almost everywhere. My question is: Has anyone
tried there 2050 modems on Vonage or similair service? Since the cost
is a set monthly amount, even our 2050 modems would be cost effective
methods of transporting data and programs between us. I have Voaage
for my long distance calling but retained my local service for
incoming calls. That way the modem would not tie up the phone from
incoming calls. Let me know what you think.
Eric
2. Re: VOIP
James Diffendaffer · Sat, 09 Apr 2005 17:07
VOIP works by compressing the audio in a lossy manner... sort of like
a low quality streaming MP3. It's unlikely that it would work at any
reasonable baud rate even though the data itself would require lower
bandwidth than voice.
Also, Vonage requires you have a broadband connection... so you
already have a data connection.
--- In [email], "Eric Johnson" <oldmantime1946@y...> wrote:
>
> To the Group:
>
> One of the killers of the old 2050 modems and their kin was the
> massive cost of long distance calling in the 80s. now we have VOIP
> services availible almost everywhere. My question is: Has anyone
> tried there 2050 modems on Vonage or similair service? Since the cost
> is a set monthly amount, even our 2050 modems would be cost effective
> methods of transporting data and programs between us. I have Voaage
> for my long distance calling but retained my local service for
> incoming calls. That way the modem would not tie up the phone from
> incoming calls. Let me know what you think.
>
> Eric