Hmmm...I hate the Medicare commercials! That guy with six kids and the 13yo wife relay bugs me...
Truthfully, the vast majority of landline service is via VOIP now.
Also, MagicJack of five+ years ago did not sound crisp. It reduced the audio spectrum.
Two tin cans and a string.
My modem has a setting to disconnect after 15 secs. Maybe check if yours has such a setting and it can be augmented or bypassed.
Otherwise I have nothing else to help you with. Sorry.
Isn’t that the definition of VOIP?
For VOIP you need high speed internet service. Then your phone connects to a box connected to your computer. A wireless phone base works fine.
The delay you are getting on your phone is normal. 30 seconds is a little high. Ours is like 2-5 seconds. That’s not going to go away—latency is a fact in VOIP.
Your VOIP line should never drop. This is because VOIP uses very little bandwidth.
It sounds to me you are not set to full duplex on your Router or at Comcast. Make sure your Router is set to,
1) No Auto Negotiate
2) . Full Duplex
3) . Speed 100
It could be your Optioning too. Check your line Framing and Line coding.
Generally is set to ESF and B8zs.
Ask Comcast to check your Router settings (if you do not know how to do it) to see if you are set to the above settings or whatever thier line coding and framing should be set to.
Has Comcast check their path and run a test on your line? I am talking about an Extended test that checks Throughput, etc...?
If they have done all the above, and it passes. Then Comcast needs to dispatch a technician to check your equipment.
To answer the above thread question the answer is no.
If you have a wireless smart phone, you can turn it into a hot spot to get on the Internet.
I hope this helps you out.
There are some really cheap wireless Internet providers only services out there. You will have to search for them on Google or Bing.
On my list of things to do is to disconnect my house phone wiring from my dead AT&T landline and hook my Ooma to the inside phone wiring so I can use my other wired phones and fax.
What kind of upstream/downsteam, ping times, and jitter do you have from the computer you wish to act as the “phone”?
Do you need fax capability?
https://www.megapath.com/speedtestplus/
Magic Jack
The magicjack plugs into a power source and then connects to a modem by Ethernet wire and your house phone system.
In conjunction with what VermontLt posted, which was:
“For VOIP [Voice Over Internet Protocol] you need high speed internet service. Then your phone connects to a box connected to your computer. A wireless phone base works fine.”....
The delay you are getting on your phone is normal. 30 seconds is a little high. Ours is like 2-5 seconds. That’s not going to go away—latency is a fact in VOIP.”
The best DSL service line offered today is good enough. The data compression needed for VOIP is not great, it’s not like streaming video, which needs data for voice + video (moving images) + in color.
An older brother of mine has (1) a high speed DSL line, (2) DSL modem with wireless, (3) Internet service to his PC via wireless connection to the DSL Modem, (4) Magic Jack Box connected to his PC via a USB cable, (5) phone jack to Magic Jack. Works fine.
No need to use WiFi (crummy reception) or a computer for MajicJack. I’ve been using it for 3 years via:
-MajicJack (the cheap $39 micro one) plugged into a UPS (so I don’t lose phone when power goes out).
-MajicJack with phone wire going to my old landline wireless phone system’s base unit as Line In.
-MajicJack Rj-45 cable run to the house modem.
House modem and land line phone unit both connected to the UPS where MagicJack is plugged into.
House internet connection in garage has battery backup power supply.
Result: I have wireless phone 5.7Ghz system running thru MagicJack on a UPS which gives me 45 mins of service in a power outage. That’s enough time to hookup and start the generator. I put a range extender on the phone system and can use the land line wireless handsets inside and outside in the yard. Then hands-free with a head set. All thru the MagicJack. MagicJack service is just as good as old bundled landline phone service at a fraction of the cost. And the bundled phone service is VOIP anyways just like MagicJack. $29/month vs. $39/year.
Get magicJack - about $30 a year.
I got rid of my land line ($40 a month) and had my number transferred to my magicJack.
You can plug-in the magicJack to a usb port on the computer, and plug your land line into that... or you can just run the magicJack application on your PC and talk right through your computer (if it has speaker and mic). No need for the land line phone at all.
But there are many other things you can do:
The magicJack will take voice messages and email them to you.
You can automatically FORWARD the magicJack calls to another number- I forward all my calls to my cell phone.
So, I save $40 a month, and still keep the number I’ve had for 30 years, and all my calls come to my computer or my cell phone, no matter where I am. (I travel for work some times)
I use Ooma for my old landline...
I’ve been using MagicJack as my home phone for about a decade. At first the connection quality wasn’t the best but it improved over time. It’s fine these days. I have always had a separate router to plug it into then 2 or 3 connected wireless home phones of which the main one plugged into the MagicJack.
You really can’t find a better deal than around $20 a year for home phone service if you’re already paying for high speed Internet anyway.
I think you can plug into a computer though and I think you can even send a MagicJack module overseas for someone else to use with their broadband Internet connection on their computer without any extra cost to speak. Then again if you have two computers you could just use Skype and see each other.
I’ve used a Magicjack on a wireless connection. It was in my laptop which was then going through a wi-fi 75 feet away.
This was several years ago, so if anything it would work better now.
Once you have the MJ account you can get their app for cell phones for use over wifi (or LTE)
After you open the account MJ will send you an invoice for the additional fees for 911 service.
I use MJ at home connected into router and connected to a cordless phone.
MJ has a thirty day refund policy.
https://www.magicjack.com/magicJackHOME.html
Information: https://www.lifewire.com/magicapp-review-3955241
Or you could try google voice. “free” for domestic (US) calls, modest charge for international (you'll have to have a deposit)
Information: https://www.lifewire.com/what-is-google-voice-1616888
Google voice will work via the computer to attached headsets, or with Bluetooth headsets.
But, you would have to answer the call at the computer, which is not at all convenient, if you prefer the wireless phone mode.
GV app will with cell phones over wifi (or LTE) directly.
Best of luck.