Vonage VOIP with Wi-Fi ?

Anyone have experience with Vonage VOIP service and Wi-Fi?

I would like to use this service while on the road during my business
travels, from internet cafes (starbucks, library, etc) and Hotels that
offer Wi-Fi (marriott).
Just curious what equipment is necessary, etc

thanks!

Steve wrote:
> Anyone have experience with Vonage VOIP service and Wi-Fi?
>
> I would like to use this service while on the road during my business
> travels, from internet cafes (starbucks, library, etc) and Hotels that
> offer Wi-Fi (marriott).
> Just curious what equipment is necessary, etc
>
> thanks!

At work we have a VPN server for our sales and tech people to be able to
connect to our network when traveling. Several of the guys have vonage (for
them selves, in their area) on the VPN server, and just burrow in via a VPN
client on their laptops/PDA's (or really whacky, one guy has an iPAQ PDA
(4551 both wifi and bluetooth built in) and a Bluetooth BT-250 Wireless
headset. He used the built in wifi to connect to hotspots, and then the
built in bluetooth to connect to the wireless bluetooth earpiece/headset,
and then put it in his pocket... used to drive us nuts when he'd be sitting
in a coffee shop/hotspot etc with us, and say things into the air (actually
into the mike boom we couldn't see) things like "Yes dear, whatever you say
dear".... Technology...ARGGH!) Seriously though, we had a few guys that were
married with kids, and used to talk for hours to the family via the hotels
network

I have had immense success with SKYPE: http://www.skype.com/

I use it at work to contact associated academic organisations throughout the
globe and the clarity/response of voice is certainly as good as landline
communications, (even if the party at the other end is using dial-up).

In addition, this is a great portal for making PC to Landline
communications, as the rates, (from the UK, anuyway), are amazingly
inexpensive. I'm not, by the way, an employee of said company - Just a huge
fan/user!

Anthony
"Steve" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Anyone have experience with Vonage VOIP service and Wi-Fi?
>
> I would like to use this service while on the road during my business
> travels, from internet cafes (starbucks, library, etc) and Hotels that
> offer Wi-Fi (marriott).
> Just curious what equipment is necessary, etc
>
> thanks!
>

I have had immense success with SKYPE:
I use it at work to contact associated academic organisations throughout the
globe and the clarity/response of voice is certainly as good as landline
communications, (even if the party at the other end is using dial-up).

In addition, this is a great portal for making PC to Landline
communications, as the rates, (from the UK, anuyway), are amazingly
inexpensive. I'm not, by the way, an employee of said company - Just a huge
fan/user!

Anthony
"Steve" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed) oups.com...
> Anyone have experience with Vonage VOIP service and Wi-Fi?
>
> I would like to use this service while on the road during my business
> travels, from internet cafes (starbucks, library, etc) and Hotels that
> offer Wi-Fi (marriott).
> Just curious what equipment is necessary, etc
>
> thanks!
>

--
> I have had immense success with SKYPE:
> I use it at work to contact associated academic organisations
throughout the
> globe and the clarity/response of voice is certainly as good as
landline
> communications, (even if the party at the other end is using
dial-up).
>
> In addition, this is a great portal for making PC to Landline
> communications, as the rates, (from the UK, anuyway), are amazingly
> inexpensive. I'm not, by the way, an employee of said company - Just
a huge
> fan/user!
>
> Anthony
> "Steve" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed) oups.com...
> > Anyone have experience with Vonage VOIP service and Wi-Fi?
> >
> > I would like to use this service while on the road during my
business
> > travels, from internet cafes (starbucks, library, etc) and Hotels
that
> > offer Wi-Fi (marriott).
> > Just curious what equipment is necessary, etc

Probably the vonage softphone, it will turn your laptop into a phone,
I beleve they
are making the software for some PDAs, plus they introduce a wi-fi
phone F-1000

Just as info - Vonage is going to release a WiFi phone - that you can take
anywhere. I can't find the Vonage press release / article - but they are
still working on things like security, etc.

http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000053025857/

"Steve" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Anyone have experience with Vonage VOIP service and Wi-Fi?
>
> I would like to use this service while on the road during my business
> travels, from internet cafes (starbucks, library, etc) and Hotels that
> offer Wi-Fi (marriott).
> Just curious what equipment is necessary, etc
>
> thanks!
>

There are already WIFI VoIP phones on the market.
Cisco makes one, at exorbitant price of course.
Zyxel 2000W is one I would like, but it's still bit too expensive for me.
pulverinovations.com has one, Senao does one too.
Regards,
Martin

On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 01:47:25 -0000, "Martin²" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>There are already WIFI VoIP phones on the market.
>Cisco makes one, at exorbitant price of course.
>Zyxel 2000W is one I would like, but it's still bit too expensive for me.
>pulverinovations.com has one, Senao does one too.

I spend a few days playing with a Zyxel 2000w. I think the term is
called "searching for dialtone". It would work with any free hot spot
that did NOT require a web based login/passwd, or offer some kind of
web based authorization cerimony. The phone has no way to get past
the prompts. The inability to do the login/passwd sign-in makes the
phone seriously useless for road warrior use. However, for an
overpriced cordless phone replacement, it will function. For home
use, methinks one can currently do better with a cheapo VoIP network
"adapter", and an ordinary 900MHz cordless phone.

--
Jeff Liebermann (E-Mail Removed)
150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Santa Cruz CA 95060 AE6KS 831-336-2558

Another alternative to Vonage and Skype is http://www.sipphone.com .
I've used it for a couple years now and like it. It's standards based
and free. I like it. I have not tried it over wifi, though.

Harold

I suppose my more specific question is can I use Vonage with a laptop
and Wi-Fi (or Home PC connected to Wi-Fi net: university dorm room).

I do NOT want a "cordless phone VOIP handset" type device, I want to be
able to plug a regular phone into whatever device, which in turn is
plugged into my laptop/Home PC, which is connected via internal PCI
card to the Wi-Fi network.

thanks!