MrMango

I agree - I have not yet tried it as I always have had a wired connection. The system that I assisted in Oz only requires a 8KB bandwidth is very good voice. Vonage states that they need 90KB, but the actual protocal only requres 64KB (Standard PSTN), so I think that they are padding it, just to be safe. We have a Wireless prototype in developement in Taiwan, so I'll know how long the battery lasts in a couple of months.

As I said, I have not used my phone over WiFi, but I see no reason why it will not work. WiFi is at least 10 MB speed, and the VOIP phone uses only 90 KB Max bandwidth (The phone adapter box that we supplied to Oz uses only 8KB/ Sec)

I am not a dreamer – You can buy now a Cordless VOIP phone for about $200 USD, but the power problem limits battery life to a few hours because the SIP protocol requires it to transmit to a hotspot where and who it is. New chips under development will greatly increase battery life, but the service is now available.

I assume that it will work if you have a wireless to rj45 box. And if I cannot find a room with wired internet, I will buy one and take it with me. Being in the business, there are several new models coming out of Taiwan that are wireless, like a cell phone, and Vonage plans to offer on this summer I believe. The main problems with this type of phone is that it uses a lot of power, as it needs to continually transmit its MAC address to the host so that they know where it is, and battery life is short. Also, the present price of this phone is about $250. The next generation of these

At the present, I am using Vonage - I have the 500 min. /month for a total of &17 a month. The reason that I signed up for this service is about a year age, this was the first major company that offered one. I do a lot of business in Oz, and it cut my LD service from $800 month to about $50!! Part of my business is to find new products for my best mat in Oz who distributes electronics, and I purchased ATA boxes from most of the major players. The Supura 2000 works fine along with the Grand stream and other boxes. When I signed up, all Vonage only offered the Motorola ATA, but now they

I have an Internet telephone, so broadband is important - My Kids can call me from the U.S. at no charge when I take it with me. Works great with broadband

I was staying at the Diamond Hotel on Soi Diamond, and the internet shop directly opposite let me bring my laptop in and connect every day. They had a spare table with a cable and I simply plugged it in - Same cost as using their computers. I tried to do this at the shop at the off the start of walking street on South Pattaya road (before second street), but they said no – so I suppose you have to look around, but I had no problems finding one that would let me.

I have not stayed here, but I understand that they have wired broadband. it is: http://www.lekatai.com/ If you use it, or anyone else, please poet your comments. Regards

I was wrong - It was 800 Bt per night on a weekly basis.

I stayed there for 3 weeks in December – Your right, the lower floors are closed for remodel, and I stayed in the back portion without an ocean view. I was quite happy, as I paid 800 Bt per week (High season) with a full American breakfast that was fine. (I ate at about 09:00 and didn’t have to eat any lunch, as the quantity of the breakfast was quite good and filling. No problems for bring BG back for free (The security keeps the BG’s ID until they leave) I would probably stay there again. My only problem is that they did not have internet broadband.