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Originally Posted by GraysonPeddie
I've already ordered Vonage Unlimited Plan and I am going to try it out with TTY.
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I've used Primus TalkBroadband and I've used Vonage. Both are TTY compatible assuming you are using a good high-speed ISP. (preferably a good "XBOX Live" compatible ISP)
Your weak link will probably be the ISP. Are you with a good ISP? -- speed of ISP is not as important as predictable latency of the ISP. Sometimes Cable Internet is usually worse than DSL (high speed telephone line) Internet because of latency problems, but it depends on the area and how overloaded your Internet service is. If your Internet consistently slows down during daytme, then that may be a bad sign for VoIP. (Good ISP's stay almost just as fast daytime and nighttime -- another sign of a good ISP). Also, I notice that occasionally there is one instance of scrambling at the beginning of a TTY conversation (initialization of a connection works funny), so press the spacebar a few times right after connecting. Then conversion is perfect for the rest of the call.
If you already have a router, you might want to ignore the instructions that come with your VoIP box (plug into an existing router port), and put the VoIP box as the first box of your Internet connection. It might work fine the other way, but downloading stuff on the Internet will start to scramble the TTY conversation if you do it this way.