Homer wrote:


Services like Vonage and Packet8 can only be as good as the quality of
the ISP you have, and never as good as "digital phone" the cable
company offers directly. This is because the cable providers have
allocated network resources to tie directly into Ma Bell, the traffic
never has to be routed over the Internet.

My Vonage DOES connect via our cable connection thence to our ISP. From
there, who knows.

We don't get echos or dropped connection, but your milage may vary.