Later on in the day, Smirk dropped off the new VoIP unit I'll be using at home. It's a Linksys PAP2 [1] and the installation couldn't be easier—it was literally plugging the power cable in, the Ethernet cable in and the phone cable into phone plug #1 (I initially plugged it into phone plug #2 and when I went to make a call, I heard a computerized voice telling me I had plugged the phone into the wrong port). I was then ready to go.
Of course, Smirk had already signed up the unit for Vonage [2] so I'm not sure of all the details about that, but I was impressed with the hardward after it was delivered to my hands.
The few calls I tried were fine quality wise. Smirk has been using the same unit for a few days now and I hadn't even noticed. All in all, it seems like a decent unit.
About the only complaint I have so far about the unit is the unnaturally bright LED (Light Emitting Diodes)s on the front of the unit. They were so bright I had thought I left my curtains open and the street lamps where shining through when I turned out the lights to go to bed. I turned the unit off so I could sleep.
I'm going to have to find some way of cutting the light down a bit.