Outage - 1AM Central

[stason99]

Re. QoS: others can confirm/clarify, but my understanding is that most reasonably-priced switches don't have this feature. Some routers do. If QoS is important to you, then you'll probably do better with a router vs a switch. It's a bit redundant if your existing broadband modem already has a router built-in, but a separate router will likely have other features (like QoS) that you may not have with your existing equipment.

Got you. Thanks. I’ll probably buy a router some time later.

[chpalmer]

QOS would only be on a managed switch. Managed switches are not something you buy cheap...

[Xponder1]

You can turn a 50.00 router into a 200.00 router with third party firmware.

[chpalmer]

Or an old used Pll machine into a $20,000.00 router...

http://www.pfsense.org/

[stason99]

Thank you all about router/switch/QoS info.

I was kind of ready to buy a used WRT54GL router from my friend but I encountered these new posts here: "Scheduled Upstream Maintenance - CNAM/Various Services" and "New Database Servers" . Even though I got no service interruption during these things, these are kind of scary if you know what I mean. I mean there are still chances of service interruptions for everyone regardless of what kind of ATA they are using. This is due to frequent non-ATA related maintenances and upgrades performed by VOIPo. This makes me delay any ATA (and router) upgrade for now. I want to give it more time. Did anyone get any phone service interruptions during these events?