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| ISP Information: An industry group created to design and promote standards to increase the functionality of the Web. The W3C was initially established in collaboration with CERN, the creator of the World Wide Web. ISP Glossary: World Wide Web Consortium - I read all the Vonage posts I could find before signing up and decidedthe people who are disappointed had bad luck or unrealisticexpectations.I made sure the new Vonage line number was local to my POTS line then,when the Vonage box was working I call forwarded the POTS line toVonage and set Vonage to ring my cell phone simultaneously.After a month of experience I put in the order to port my home phoneto Vonage and have never looked back.I've had a few glitchy calls; I experienced the several hour outagesame as everyone else. My cell phone is always at the ready toreceive calls or allow me to make calls if necessary.The overwhelming majority of the time the Vonage phone has behavedexactly like the old POTS line. Nobody seems to notice they aretalking to me on a VOIP line (at 50kbs) unless I tell them -- Iusually don't.I happen to have a remote rural location where I like to spend as muchtime as possible. The cost of land based wireless broad band servicethere is the same as the house phone plus the dialup internet serviceI needed there. So the vonage box travels with me. I can sit in ashady spot in the yard with a cordless phone and wireless notebook andtake care of business. The only thing that gives away my location isthe song birds. If I want to take a walk in the woods I pick up thecell phone and go.VOIP service is not a substitute for every POTS phone. It's foolhardy to drop the house phone without testing VOIP for several monthsin your location and completely understanding and accepting thetradeoffs.I recommend Vonage because I believe it's the right product at theright price and it's the one I know. If there's a better one go buyit.Charlie |