Product Description
8X8 Inc. (BPA410) Broadband Phone Adapter
From the manufacturer
Packet8 is an affordable and easy-to-use broadband telephone and videophone service. Designed with both residential and business customers in mind, Packet8 allows anyone with broadband (high-speed) Internet access to use their regular phone to make unlimited calls to anywhere in the U.S. and Canada for as little as $19.95 per month. Packet8 subscribers with videophones can make video calls for as little as $19.95 per month. All Packet8 subscribers get world-wide unlimited calling to other Packet8 subscribers at no extra charge. Calls to non-Packet8 international numbers (outside the U.S. and Canada) are charged at a very low per minute rate.
By taking advantage of a technology called VoIP (voice over internet protocol), high-speed Internet connections and 8x8's expertise in designing videophones, Packet8 is the complete voice and video communication service. Packet8 sends all calls to and from you through the broadband phone service adapter or the videophone which then route the calls over the Internet, instead of using the traditional public telephone network. There are no extra numbers to dial, no special instructions and no talking through your computer. Just pick up your phone, hear a dial tone and dial any phone number. Incoming calls ring your phone the same as any traditional phone.
To sum it up: with Packet8 you make and receive calls as you always have, but we route your calls more efficiently to save you money. Your phone call will have the same quality and your calling experience will be identical to what you have always had. Only your phone bill for local and long distance calling will be a lot less. And there's NO EXTRA CHARGES for features like voicemail, caller ID, call waiting, three-way calling, or long-distance calls to anywhere in the U.S., Canada or to other Packet8 subscribers worldwide.
What do I need?
To start enjoying Packet8 broadband phone service, you need:
- A broadband Internet connection such as cable or DSL
- A home router that allows you to share your Internet connection with multiple computers or Internet devices. (Many home routers cost as little as $30.00 and take just minutes to set up.)
- A Packet8 plan and some hardware (such as this broadband phone service adapter.)
Customer Reviews:
Very, very poor service. Much better choices out there........2007-05-04
Packet8, at first glance, appears to be a good choice for VoIP. WRONG! When I actually experienced their "service" I found first impressions can be deceiving. At first it was OK, but after a few months the voice quality became consistently unusable - voices were badly distorted and difficult to understand. Calls were intermittently dropped.
Calls to technical support resulted in immediate and repeated blame placed on everything outside their company. I received pages of instructions telling me to change all the cords, change my router configuration, change my phone, change my network configuration, run network tests and on and on. They blamed available bandwidth on my cable line without testing it, told me that having another VoIP service provider on the same network connection would cause a problem because the IP addresses would be "confused." The one thing they did seem good at was finding someone else to blame. They were NOT good at resolving a problem that, in the end, was clearly their own.
I've moved to another provider and have found that Packet8 continued to cause problems because I was forwarding calls from Packet8 to the new provider. Packet8 simply drops all forwarded calls after 16 minutes, something they don't disclose anywhere I can find. Outside the Packet8 caused problems, my new service provider (VoipYourLife) works great.
Packet8 makes it very easy to sign up. They never mention a cancellation fee if you sign up over the phone and bury notice of the fee in a multi-page service agreement online. Discussions with their management made it clear that they didn't care if their service worked or not, they were going to charge their customers to cancel.
Stay away from this one.
Packet8- reliable, great voice quality.......2006-08-23
I consider myself a "power user"- I use the residential service for work and home, while simultaneously stressing my broadband to the limit with work related traffic. I travel with the packet8 phone adapter and have used it to make calls all over the world- works just like I'm in my house. Just plug one end into any broadband connection, other end to a phone, and you're in business.
I have been a packet8 user for a few years now, and have had only one issue- which was my broadband ISP's fault, not the packet8 service. NO dropped calls, NO clarity issues (it's clear as a bell), NO "talking through a tunnel" issues. I have standard Comcast Internet.
After reading many negative comments, I WILL say that you need to have a reliable broadband connection, and a solid router, and know how it all works to some degree.
Computer literacy ALWAYS helps with newfangled devices.
THe service works as advertised. I bought the DTA410, plugged it into the power and my router, and it worked immediately with a dial tone. I then called customer service to have it activated, they gave me a 10 digit code to enter, and it worked. Just like that. Customer service was fast and painless.
LOVE the features- call forwarding to any number, follow-me-find me, online phone calling record, really cheap international calls, all for 19.99 a month. You can forward your calls to any phone you want while you're anywhere in the U.S. by simply accessing the internet and telling Packet8 to do it. Good deal.
Also- in a travel accident- shampoo got into my old adapter (a DTA310) and although it struggled valiantly, it gave up the ghost a little while later- and was out of warranty. Packet8 customer service gave me credit for the two weeks I was without service (because I was on a business trip and didnt order a new adapter right away).
ONE other thing- the packet8 service uses the lowest bandwidth of any of the commercial VOIP offerings right now- so if you use a lot of bandwidth, and also want VOIP, go packet8. And it's also among the cheapest.
Unreliable service.......2006-07-18
Very easy to install and worked well for few days. Used with Comcast residential service (the only available option for me). After 2 weeks --- every 2-3 days many hours of interruption, when power LED is blinking, Link LED is solid and there is no dial tone. Customer service could not suggest anything better then powering off and on cable modem, router and adapter. This works sometimes, usually after 2-3 hours of fiddling (powering off and on all 3 devices in different sequence), but never immediately. Updating firmware does not help either. Customer service representative mentioned that "after internet connection is lost, adapter needs to resynchronize to SIP server". Why it can not resynchronize on its own without manual fiddling is beyond me. SSH sessions and slow downloads were not interrupted when phone connection is lost, so looks like there were no serious internet internet outage either as much as I'd like to blame Comcast.
The company lies to customer.......2006-07-15
I have ordered their IP phone service one year ago. They asked my credit card for direct deduction for monthly payment. I asked them to keep my phone number. Packet8 told me that SBC service would be automatically disconnected when the number was ported. It took more than two months for them to transfered my phone number from SBC.
The voice quality of packet8 phone is very bad. So, I had to switch back to SBC at last Decemember. However, in March I found that my credit card still be billed. So, I contact Packet8. Packet8 told me that it was the customer's responsibility to explicitly notify them to stop the service. I did not understand how they can still bill the customer for phone service without phone number. I asked them to stop my phone service.
Today, I found they still billed me on my credit card for another four months after I called them. I contacted the customer service again. He told me that he can not found any record for my last call.
I can not believe that a company could lie to the customer like this.
Please think about clearly before you order them device and service. They are cheap.
The worst VOIP Service & Customer Service I Have ever had!.......2006-07-15
I've had several internet phone services and this is the worst overall company I have ever dealt with. The phone service doesn't work half the time and there are so many dropped calls that it's unbelievable. Maybe it works better if you don't have a home network. I have a professionally setup Comcast Home Network and this service doesn't work very well with the router and wireless network. It takes up to a minute after you have dialed a number for it to ring through, then half the time you'll get a busy signal and have to redial upto 3 times to get through. The other half of the time I can't even dial out and I have to reset the modem just to get a dial tone. Then you get noise & echos over the phone and it sounds like you're talking in a tunnel. If you talk more than 5 minutes it'll drop the call. If you move and walk around the house it'll drop the call. The Packet8 customer service department is the worst I have ever dealt with, when and if you can even get through after 25 minutes of waiting on the phone. I know more than the techs that I have talked with on the Packet8 customer service line. Then on top of all that if you decide they are way to lame, and you want to cancel the service after the "trial period", you have to pay a hidden $59.99 charge. I do not recommend this company unless you like equipment that doesn't function properly & poor customer service, for $5 buck more I highly recommend Vonage.
Product Description
The VisionMount VMUC1S is a tilt and swivel under-cabinet mount with a silver anodized finish for small LCD TVs up to 15 pounds. Its full motion allows mount to swivel from left to right for viewing from nearly every angle and to conveniently tuck under a cabinet when not in use. Solid heavy-gauge steel construction offers a sleek, high-tech look while providing strength and durability. Universal mounting bracket supports most 9" to 17" LCD TVs. Mounting Pattern - VESA 100mm x 100mm Tilt Range - +10 to -90 Swivel - +55 to -55 Dimensions - Width 5.5 x Height 1.75 x Depth 9.5 (13.97x4.45x24.13 cm)
Customer Reviews:
A flawed design........2007-05-28
I ignored DaveG's review and was sorry I did! Even during installation I thought it was a good product. BUT it was exactly as DaveG said, it would not hold my LCD TV up or down. The mount allows movement of about 90 degrees but would only stay in half of that range. The right-left rotation was fine. My TV was just 9 lb and the mount is rated for 15 lbs. Also I had to buy longer screws to attach the TV.
It is possible to use this -- if you just HAVE TO have a under cabinet mount -- simply use a long screw with a wingnut to hold it in a fixed position. Likewise, you could hold it up by attaching a spring. Of course with this rigging you couldn't raise or lower it without a hassle.
I finally put the TV back on the stand that it came with and left it on the countertop. Flipping it up and down would have been cool but this is not the product to do it with.
I sent it back to Amazon for a refund and now I have to cover up the holes I made in the kitchen cabinet.
Very Poor Product.......2007-05-28
The review by DaveG "hits the nail on the head". This is a very poorly designed poduct and, after much work installing the product and tightening the tension screw TO NO AVAIL, I am contacting Sanus for a return and full refund.
I believe Sanus generally makes quality equipment but not so in this case.
RichS
Poor design - will not keep TV up and DANGEROUS.......2007-01-03
This product may be appropriate if you have a VERY light TV, but it will not keep even a moderate weight LCD in the up position. To add to the problem, the design is such that when the TV "sags" down, it also slides backward, causing it to drop very hard.
First, I'll explain the problem in function, then the DANGER in trying to use this product.
I tried to use it to support a 15" Toshiba. The weight as mounted was 12 pounds. The product says it can be used for TV's up to 18 pounds. The TV would not stay either up or down. It would just hang in a position about halfway in between. The adjustment for this is a set screw which is supposed to increase the friction of the mnount so that it will hold the TV. The set screw is turned by a provided hex wrench. I turned this wrench as hard as I could, but got very little movement of the screw and no improvement in product performance. I then took the mount down, took it to my workbench, and tightened the screw to the full limit of it's travel. This resulted in some improvement - instead of returning immediately to the not-up-or-down position, the TV returned there slowly. THERE IS NO WAY THAT THIS PRODUCT WILL SUPPORT A 12 POUND TV. I would be very reluctant to trust it with anything over about 5 pounds.
Now to the DANGER. The mount has a very nice slide feature that allows the TV to move forward as it is moved to the up position. This allows a sightly larger TV to be mounted without hitting the wall as you move it up. Unfortunately, there is no friction at all on the sliding mechanism. The result is that as the TV sags back down from the up position, it reaches a point where it suddenly slides back. The result is essentially that the TV falls about 2 - 3 inches. The mount keeps it from hitting the counter top, but the action is very jarring on the TV itself, and if anything happens to be on the counter top under the TV when this happens real damage could result.
THIS IS A BAD PRODUCT! There are far better and safer mounts available.
Product Description
VESA 75/100mm compatible
Weight capacity: 18 lbs.
Tilting motion swings TV under cabinet when not in use
Swivels left and right for viewing from multiple angles
Durable powder-coated silver finish
Amazon.com Product Description
With the TOPO! map of Oklahoma, National Geographic has taken the interactive topographic map experience to a new level. By combining its own standard-setting maps with the high-quality scanned versions of the actual paper USGS topographical maps, the National Geographic TOPO! State Series offers five levels of map detail that is unprecedented in its accuracy. Professional and weekend hikers alike will be amazed at how indispensable TOPO! will quickly become in the back country.
Simply load TOPO! onto your PC, and you'll immediately begin to see the benefits of this award-winning software. With TOPO! you can customize any of the hundreds of state maps available with your proposed routes, notes and even photos. You can also create and view elevation profiles that will help you visualize your planned trek. By connecting to any standard color or black-and-white desktop printer, TOPO! allows you to select the exact area that you want to print, even if it is larger than the screen or covers multiple quad maps. TOPO! makes it a breeze to add map border information to printouts, including UTM or latitude/longitude grids, scale bars, north arrows, and magnetic declination. With Adventure Paper (sold separately) you can print out waterproof trail maps -- along with all your marks and annotations -- that will survive any rainstorm the wilderness can throw at you.
TOPO! is also GPS ready, with no extensions or upgrades required. Transferring waypoints and routes between your GPS and TOPO! couldn't be easier. And with Pocket TOPO! (sold separately), you can take full advantage of your PDA the next time the wilderness calls. Simply download your maps and notes to your device, and off you go. When your trip is complete, you can upload the field notes you took with your PDA back onto your PC, and you'll have created a detailed record of your hike for future reference. No more worries about not being able to read your notes or misplacing your notebooks. Everything you need for your next hike will be saved exactly where it should be--with your map!
The many advanced features that make the National Geographic TOPO! mapping software the ultimate topographic map experience for all your back country adventures include:
- TOPO! USA Place Finder: Use TOPO!'s advanced search functions to find trails, camps, lakes, parks, towns, and much more in a matter of seconds.
- Export Features: With TOPO! you can export customized maps in a number of different raster file formats (.gif, .jpg, etc.) for use in other applications.
- Import Features: Import GPS and vector data from a variety of sources, including GPS receivers, spreadsheets, and the web, to overlay on your maps.
- National Geographic mapXchange: Download custom map overlays and swap files with other TOPO! users on the National Geographic mapXchange Website.
Coverage
Oklahoma
What's in the Box
Set of CD-ROMs with topographical maps covering the entire state.
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LOWRANCE CORPORATION SOFTWARE, FISHING HOT SPOTS ELITE
Amazon.com Product Description
Like original paper maps, Fishing Hot Spots electronic mapping cards are loaded with superbly detailed hydrography for precision travel on your favorite inland fishing lakes. Fishing Hot Spots Elite South is no exception, as it makes your time on the water more enjoyable and productive. The mapping data includes info on the history of the lakes, provides helpful information on nearby fisheries, supplies strategic fishing tips on how to catch the really big fish, and provides excellent shoreline detail and depth contour lines to help you find drop-offs, humps, and other key bottom structures.
Fishing Hot Spots Elite South offers superb coverage of 417 premier inland fishing lakes in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. The maps, which also include several dozen select lake charts, come preloaded on a digital mapping card for easy access via your GPS receiver. The plug-and-play maps can be read immediately, and offer precise detail culled from original Fishing Hot Spots and Lowrance Enhanced Lake Maps data.
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