1.
If you purchased your Vonage
®
Device from a retail store,
you must first activate your Vonage phone service.
(You will need to provide the MAC ID on the bottom
of the Vonage Device.)
In the U.S., visit www.vonage.com/activate.
In Canada, visit www.vonage.ca/activate.
2.
If you received your Vonage Device in the mail
from Vonage, your Vonage phone service has
already been activated.
3.
You also need a high-speed Internet connection,
such as DSL or cable, to use Vonage.
Helpful terms:
ISP (Internet Service Provider)
– The company that
supplies your high-speed Internet connection.
Modem
– A piece of network equipment that your lnternet
Service Provider (ISP) sent you to gain high-speed
lnternet access – typically either DSL through your
phone line, or cable service.
Router
– A router lets you connect more than one piece of
equipment (like computers) to your DSL or cable modem
to share one Internet connection. Some ISPs supply
combination modem/routers. (HINT: If you have more
than one computer connected to the Internet, then you
have a router.)
Port
– This is an opening on a device where you connect a
cable. An Ethernet port looks like a wide phone jack.
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