Voip teleophony - Anyone know Packet-8 or others?

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

On Sunday 11 December 2005 4:09 pm, Jeff Kinz wrote:

> We're getting ready to switch to VOIP over Comcast cable.
>
> We are currently looking at packet8 as a VOIP provider and I was
> wondering if anyone had any recommendations for providers?
>
> Also has anyone had problems using VOIP over Comcast cable?  (there are
> some posts on the web that suggest that Comcast may be blocking or
> at least interfering with non-Comcast-over-IP telephony services.)
While I have not been using VOIP, I've been using Comcast Digital Phone that 
uses the Comcast infrastructure in a similar manner to regular phone. Since 
I switched to this, my connection and clarity has been very good (much 
better than Verizon).

Comcast has a new VOIP offering called "Digital Voice". This is VOIP but 
connects to Comcast's infrastructure at the head end so it never goes out 
onto the public Internet. 2 of my friends have been using it, and so far 
zero problems. The way this works is through the Arris cable modem. The 
cable modem has 2 telephone jacks one of which would plug into your local 
phone infrastructure. The cable modem has slots for 2 batteries so if you 
lose power you won't lose phone or Internet. It is more expensive than 
services like Vonage, but it does feature unlimited long distance and local 
calling. 

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