"Michael" <kj@nvb.com> wrote in message
news:pFizj.32539$d62.10310@newsfe6-gui.ntli.net...
> Graham. wrote:
>
>>
>> "Michael" <kj@nvb.com> wrote in message
>> news:3Rfzj.61968$os2.5833@newsfe3-win.ntli.net...
>> > Folks
>> >
>> > I run a voip line on the end of a cable connection from Virgin, and
>> > I fully understand that the system works as the cable is 'always
>> > on'.
>> >
>> > What I don't understand is ..... others, who do not have 'always
>> > on'
>> > cable, use VoIP ..... but how?
>> >
>> > My Mum for example, uses (as it happens) AOL for her Internet
>> > -and it a dial up broadband system. How could she use VoIP - would
>> > she have to leave her connection to AOL on 24/7?
>> >
>> > Sorry for being so thick.
>> >
>> > Regards
>> >
>> >
>> > Mick
>> >
>> > --
>>
>>
>> I imagine the only reason that your mums ADSL is not always on
>> is because she is using a USB modem powered by her computer.
>>
>> Strictly speaking it is not "dial-up broadband" but Windows dial-up
>> networking is typically used to initiate the connection, so it may
>> seem that way.
>> For VoIP, and other serious internet use, you would have a router
>> to connect to the Internet independent of your computer(s)
>
> Thanks Graham
>
> I don't actually know if she has ADSL or ISDN - but I do know she has
> the BT type USB modem ...... so that would seem to be ADSL.
>
> She uses AOL as she in her 80's and I needed her to have some sort of
> 'safe' experience .... dare not let her loose at her age with an
> unfettered experience!
>
> In real terms, she uses the Internet to speak to my sister on the
> other
> side of the Atlantic (Skype) ... and to swap email's with various
> family members. Everything else is a struggle ..... if it were
> possible
> to simply plug in an ATA and a phone, I be straight onto it ....
>
> SIMPLE would have to be the key element.
>
> Regards
>
> Mick
>
> --
>



A neighbour of ours is on AOL and has recently got broadband from the
same source. They provided a wireless router within the package. Maybe
try talking to AOL as it would look as though she has always-on ADSL and
just doesn't know it?

If that is the case then an ATA will do the job fine. I have a Sipura
which became Linksys which is now Cisco and it works well. Just make
sure she is not on a capped service as talk eats capacity.


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