Goodbye and Good Riddance CenturyLink

[crays]

I'm running an N standard router, thanks to another member upgrading to the AC standard, and it was a huge improvement. We don't seem to bog down the system too much, but I will keep that in mind.

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[00tec]

The only reason I haven't cancelled it is I give out that number whenever I'm signing up for something that requires me to give out a phone number, like utility service, websites, pizza delivery, etc.

Why not just get a Google Voice number. Turn it on/off as needed. Good for Craigslist transactions as well.

[Rumline]

Why not just get a Google Voice number. Turn it on/off as needed. Good for Craigslist transactions as well.

I hadn't thought of that. Thanks for the suggestion!

[Irving]

I use a Google voice number for my business. When someone calls that number, it rings on my cell phone as that number and I know to answer in my "business voice."

[brutal]

I believe you need something on the network handing out IPs, such as a router. I dont think the AP will do it. You can disable your router wifi and just use it for addressing.

It is "just an Access Point (AP)."

It is awful fancy. It does do DHCP and tons of other stuff.

I have an enterprise class firewall here (that is my DHCP server) and prefer to use that between my network and ISP (cable modem) box.

Separate devices usually perform better overall and I'm not locked into whatever crap WiFi is built into the ISP's box.

My network stability immediately improved with this and it now overpowers the surrounding wifi networks by a healthy margin. Such was not the case with the aging linksys WAP54G I'm going to stick a bullet in some day.

ETA: Does not do DHCP. The settings are in the controller software, but it's only for their router and firewall products.

[Gman]

I switched over to a Linksys EA9500 Max-Stream AC5400 MU-MIMO Gigabit Router about 5 months ago...and it's a beast. It's also a lot larger than your run-of-the-mill home WiFi router.


Linksys EA9500 Max-Stream AC5400 MU-MIMO Gigabit Router
Comparative Wireless LAN Performance

[ChadAmberg]

Been using an Ooma box for probably 5 years. Works great. Best part is that no junk calls make it through anymore...

[fitz19d]

Oops

[th3w01f]

I'm not 100% caught up on the thread but I thought I'd post this piece of info.

If you're going to port a number, think about porting it to google voice. That way you shouldn't have to worry about it in the future, unless Google goes out of business and then who knows.

We did that with our old home line (had with Qwest for 15 years) and now it rings our new home line, both our cells and at times my moms cell (takes a minute or two to change). When trying out VoIP providers (before Ooma) our house number changed 4 times in 5 months and if we hadn't had the google voice line it would have been a gigantic PITA.

[brutal]

I'm not 100% caught up on the thread but I thought I'd post this piece of info.

If you're going to port a number, think about porting it to google voice. That way you shouldn't have to worry about it in the future, unless Google goes out of business and then who knows.

We did that with our old home line (had with Qwest for 15 years) and now it rings our new home line, both our cells and at times my moms cell (takes a minute or two to change). When trying out VoIP providers (before Ooma) our house number changed 4 times in 5 months and if we hadn't had the google voice line it would have been a gigantic PITA.

Good suggestion.

However, it seems like a bit of a hassle to have to temp port a landline # to one of the carriers for a (small) fee, then port to GV since they only support direct ports from mobile.