[TriLUG] Slightly OT:Vonage vs. TWC Phone Service

[Jon Carnes]

MUCH more secure than an ordinary POTS line. 

>From a network point of view, the only folks who can grab your packets
are the folks on the host networks that pass your data (like TimeWarner
or Vonage). You don't have much to worry about from TimeWarner's
switched network as it is not setup to allow filtered capture of your
specific packets. 

Vonage, on the other hand has to comply with CALEA and allow
State/Federal officials (with proper warrants) to tap a conversation.
The government is still working in the 19th century (as it pertains to
Voice) and wants an analog feed off your VoIP server. Go figure.

On Fri, 2005-10-07 at 19:56, wayy2be wrote:
> How secure is Vonage, given its voip?
> 
> --- Christopher L Merrill
> <chris at webperformanceinc.com> wrote:
> 
> > jonc wrote:
> > > In these incidents the customer problems are most
> > likely due to internet
> > > connectivity problems. As we always tell our Soho
> > customers:
> > >   If the network is good, it works like magic
> > >   If the network is bad, the results will be
> > tragic...
> > > 
> > > I'll wager that the happy TWC customer would be
> > just as happy with
> > > Vonage - since their connectivity is good. They
> > might even be happier
> > 
> > I'll pipe in here to point out that this is why TWC
> > has the _potential_
> > to provide a better customer experience - if the
> > network is the problem,
> > TWC can fix it.  Vonage (or any other provider)
> > cannot.  Whether or not
> > they realize that potential, I cannot comment on.
> > 
> > BTW, we use FeatureTel here in our office.
> > 
> > C
> > 
> > 
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