[Novalug] Sun rocket for phone #, & Ethernet to POTS connectivity.

James Ewing Cottrell 3rd JECottrell3@Comcast.NET
Sat May 19 14:34:12 EDT 2007


I used to have Sun Rocket. They were pretty good, but recently started 
going downhill. Some (all?) of their founders left.

I recently converted to Comcast's Triple Play. That gives you Cable, 
Internet, and Phone for $33 each, or a total of $99. Yes, this is twice 
SR's rate, but there is no echoing, garbling, or dropouts that have 
started to plague SR recently. To be fair, SR depends on the mercy of 
Comcast (or other) cable for their service while Comcast can recognize 
and prioritize its own packets.

The good news is that SR lets you cancel at any time, while Comcast (and 
VZ too?) want a two year agreement. OTOH, the way that cable rates have 
risen, that may not be a bad thing.

JIM

James (Jim) Darlack wrote:
> Several people love Sun Rocket apparently has a similar deal, and is 
> cheaper.  $199 for 2 years... I think.  One of the big selling points 
> are the many features built in for the price, that Verizon charges far 
> more for.
>  
> Im still deraming of a Live C Linux solution with several I/R wireless 
> cameras...
>  
> stay tuned.... Im researching and speculating on a design...
>
> */John Meagher <jmeagher@patriot.net>/* wrote:
>
>     James (Jim) Darlack wrote:
>     > A while back, I sent a wish list for an alarm system. So far,
>     found several, all with issues, including this one. None were
>     simple and straight forward Linux software to control monitor the
>     camera, detect movement, and send/publish intrusions. However, I
>     did find a $199 sytem. Check this site:
>     >
>     > http://www.sentinelvision.com/Default.aspx
>     >
>     > The system is small, out of the box technology. ISSUE is it
>     requires a phone POTS line.
>     >
>     > QUESTION :
>     >
>     > Does any one know of a Ethernet to POTS line conversion method
>     or device?
>     >
>     > I think I have seen a device that converts an Ethernet line to a
>     POTS line. THen put the alarm system and a regular telephone on
>     the POTS line. Hopefully, this would allow Vonage or another
>     company to provide a phone number, with the hopes that the alarm
>     system would dial out, and send the alarms to a cell phone SMS.
>     >
>     > Thanks for those that sent me some very fine URLs to various
>     linux alarm software packages.
>     >
>     > Jim
>     >
>     >
>     When you get Vonage, you get a Linksys router with either one or two
>     RJ-11 connectors for POTS telephones. To ordinary telephones, it looks
>     like the line from an exchange. I would think the Sentinel device
>     would
>     work with it. Sentinel doesn't want to see ethernet and the
>     Linksys-Vonage box for a wired phone doesn't put it out on the RJ-11
>     connector.
>
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