AT&T CallVantage Service VoIP Telephone Adapter
by AT&T
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Digital product summary information
Manufacturer: AT&TModel: DVG-1120M/US
Product features:
- Unlimited local and nationwide calls, including, Canada, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands; low monthly rate
- Caller ID, call waiting, 3-way calling
- 250-number phone directory, 9 speed dials
- Talking voicemail-to-email call forwarding; 60-day call log
- Competitive international rates, web-based directory assistance, reverse lookup
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Digital camera reviews of AT&T CallVantage Service VoIP Telephone Adapter
Digital camera Review: AMAZING SERVICE, A MUST-HAVE
Summary: 5 Stars
If you have a reliable high-speed internet connection, this is a must-have service. I've had this for just over two months and have been told several times from people on the other end of the call that the audio quality is clearer than any landline connection. Unlimited calling paired with every imaginable feature makes this a must-have service. The "Locate Me" feature allows you to give out one phone number which will ring up to 5 - yes FIVE - different numbers at once -- for example, your home phone, cellphone, office phone, parent's house, whatever - all at once, and you can accept the call at any one of them by just saying "hello" and then pressing 1 on the phone when the automated voice says "AT&T..." Aside from all the advanced features and so forth, the service is INDESTINGUISHABLE from a regular phone line. You plug in your regular phone, just to the VoIP adapter instead of the regular jack in the wall. The adapter provides a dial tone which sounds exactly like the one provided by your local phone central office. All calling and receiving of calls works EXACTLY like any landline phone, so if you don't tell anyone the phone is actually using a VoIP service, they wouldn't know the difference. Overall you can't beat this deal. There's very little in the way of competition so far, the only notable exception being Vonage who may have slightly lower prices but when you use their service, people KNOW you're on an internet phone. When you use CallVantage, on the other hand, your call is routed via the net directly to a nearby AT&T Central Office that immediately patches you in to the Public Switched Telephone Network. The difference is night and day.
One caveat: the current first generation phone adapter being used by AT&T for CallVantage MUST sit immediately behind your cable or DSL modem and NOT behind any router or other device. This would not be a problem in and of itself, except that if you have a home computer network (LAN) you will not be able to forward more than five (5) ports for applications that need that done. Yes 5 ports total -- not ranges of ports, but 5 ports period. So if you run a P2P app, maybe a server or two, you'll be out of luck. For most people this shouldn't be a problem but be warned. AT&T is planning to have alternative adapters available by the end of September 2004 which supposedly will resolve this issue.
Summary of AT&T CallVantage Service VoIP Telephone Adapter
Amazon.com Product Description AT&T CallVantagesm Service from AT&T is a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone service that utilizes the latest in Internet technology to deliver features that are beyond the means of traditional phone companies. With VoIP, calls are transmitted over the Internet, allowing you to communicate nationwide for a single monthly fee. You pay additional charges only for international calls, which are billed at competitive prices. (AT&T CallVantage Service treats calls to Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Canada as domestic calls.) Plus, AT&T's Advanced Quality of Service (QoS) provides high voice quality.
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| AT&T CallVantage Service offers easy 1-2-3 hardware setup: 1. Plug phone cord and computer cable into adapter. 2. Plug adapter into broadband modem. 3. Log onto Personal Call Manager and open your account. |
AT&T CallVantage Service is easy to set up. To establish an account, just follow the instructions on the welcome letter, included in the box. Setting up the hardware is also very simple: just plug the telephone adapter into your existing phone and plug the other end into your cable or DSL modem. All DSL and cable modems with an Ethernet port and at least 90 Kbps upstream and downstream speed are supported, as well as both Windows computers and Macs.
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In addition to the standard features you expect from your traditional phone company, like caller ID, call waiting, three-way calling, and call forwarding, AT&T CallVantage Service provides a number of features made possible only by use of Internet Protocol technology. You can have voice mail forwarded to your e-mail inbox as an attachment, and then forward that attachment to relevant third parties. You can take your home area code with you when you travel, so your family or work can reach you without paying long-distance rates. And, with an elaborate variation of call forwarding known as "Locate Me," you can maintain a list of places you'll be visiting; when you're out, AT&T CallVantage Service will ring them in sequence (or all at once) until it finds you.
Accessible either by phone or the Internet, the Phone Feature Manager provides access to a phone directory that can store up to 250 numbers, to call logs (incoming and outgoing for the last 60 days), and to many of your other phone settings. A reverse lookup feature lets you access the name and address information of an incoming caller, while the add-to-Phone Book feature lets you move any number from your call log to your Phone Book with the touch of a single button. A display-and-dial feature lets you easily call any number displayed in either your call log or Phone Book, and you can set up to nine speed dial entries. Taken together, that's a lot for a phone service to do. With all the features that AT&T's CallVantage Service makes possible, you can simplify and organize your communications like never before.
What's in the Box
A telephone adapter for use with AT&T CallVantage Service, a 12-volt, 1-amp DC power adapter, a telephone line cord, an Ethernet cable, manuals, and service and promotional information
Terms and Conditions
Buying this item signifies your intention to sign up for AT&T CallVantage Service and to pay a monthly subscription fee. For details about how the Service works and for complete terms and conditions, visit www.att.com/amazon.
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