Can I use Vonage with a wireless internet connection?

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March 25th, 2010 - Posted by Tasha

The following is an actual user-submitted question:

Q:  Can I use Vonage with a wireless internet connection?

A: Yes, you can.  Regardless of whether your internet connection is wireless or wired, if it's your personal high speed connection you'll have a router/modem on the premises.  The Vonage phone adapter plugs directly into this router/modem, and then your phone connects to the phone adapter.

The exception to this is if you're using a public wireless connection where you don't have direct access to the router/modem.  If this is the case, you won't be able to use Vonage World with a normal phone.  Instead, you can download a Vonage add-on feature called Vonage Softphone to make calls from your computer (PC or Mac).

Vonage Softphone is similar to Skype in that you would actually be making and receiving calls from your computer.  It costs $9.99 a month for 500 minutes of calls to the US and Canada.  These 500 minutes would be in addition to the unlimited free calls to 60+ countries you get with Vonage World, so you could still use your land line to make as many free calls as you want.

If you normally use a land line to make and receive calls and just want to make calls on your computer occasionally you might want to consider adding Vonage Softphone to your Vonage plan.  However, if you plan to make all your calls via the computer you probably want to opt for Skype.

As always, if you have any questions about Vonage or the Vonage plans, you can call Vonage toll-free at 888-692-8076.