My New Toy
It’s been a while since I had any new toys to post about but this one is pretty cool.
You would all know the dramas we had with our old modem, so we just had to buy a new one (with far more bells and whistles mind you).
So I opted for the Billion 7401VGP.
With the normal modem (ADSL2+ for future speed upgrades!), wireless access point, 4 port router and VOIP included it ticked all the boxes.
We signed up with Engin so the number you might have received in an email is actually a VOIP number. Why is this cool you ask? Because we don’t have to pay for a separate line to the one needed for work and all national calls only cost 10c! Calls to mobiles are pretty cheap as well, but long disctance untimed for 10c is brilliant!
The call quality seems to be as good as normal PSTN lines, but haven’t used it under load yet. The QOS part of the modem should keep it running smoothly but we’ll reserve jusdgement on that for the moment. Regardless it has to be better than the quality of Skype which can at times be very annoying.
So overall, this seems to be a great modem. The only thing I have to work out is how to stop the phone ringing when I get a fax. Once that’s figured out it should be smooth sailing!
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