Originally Posted By: PandaBear
How's fax over VOIP line via companies like vonage or Comcast? Inlaw is thinking about dumping landline but they have a fax machine. Also how's VOIP quality (of skype, for example) over a wifi that connects to cable modem?
My family ditched the land line over a year ago. We use Skype, and a cell phone as Skype cannot issue numbers in Canada. We pay ~$40USD/ year for unlimited calling in North America. If we could get a phone number through Skype, I think it'd be ~$35USD per year for incoming calls.
I videoconferenced with a friend in China for a year; it was like he was around the corner. My parents videoconference with us daily to say howdy to the kids. It works very, very well, especially considering that we're doing this across Mac, Ubuntu and Windows boxen.
Try to use port 1720 if possible, as that is the standard VOIP port used by ISP's and third parties that provide VOIP services. A tech fella from my cable ISP tells me they prioritize port 1720 for their own VOIP services, so I use that for Skype.