question about internet phone

[casterofdreams]

Hello!

Is internet phone like Vonage a viable connection for going online with the Dreamcast?

Also, is there an increase in speed from the normal phone line standard?

Thank you!

[MrPopo]

Huh... that's an interesting question. I'm not sure if you can even hook up the Dreamcast to Vonage, but I'm not too up on how that hardware exactly works. If it uses a converter box that takes in a phone line and does the dial over an ethernet connection then I would imagine it would work. And it should be faster than a standard phone line.

[casterofdreams]

Yeah it has two phone slots one being used now by the phone so I guess I have to stop and run it through but I'll wait till pso comes in. thanks anyway mrpopo. Unless some body may know...

[skate323k137]

dail up DOES work on most VOIP providers, It pretty much has to as it's similar to fax technology. I've witnessed fax machines and 56k modems work through a VOIP connection. it is just as "fast" as a normal phone line, maybe a tiny bit faster but nothing significant. just so you know, the second port on most VOIP devices is actually for a second phone number though, so if you don't get a dial tone out of it, you'll have to stick a phone splitter in the first port so that you've got a jack for your phone and dreamcast. Or, just unplug the phone since you'll be tying up the phone line anyway.

you will however still need a dial up connection that functions with the options available on the dreamcast. It's been so freaking long since I got a DC online, i couldn't tell you which dial-up ISP's would work.

[casterofdreams]

Sounds good thanks for the advice.