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Leedslad

I am hoping to travel to KSA next week and during the time my Iqama is being processed I will be staying in a hotel... The name of which is TBD (but will be asking for input on that once I know more) but wanted to know if anyone knew whether Vonage can be used from a hotel room

I understand the basic requirements to be an internet connection and phone to plug in... I was wondering if anyone had done this from a hotel room and whether this would work...

I am yet to order my Vonage adaptor but if this will work, I will go ahead and order it, so I have it with me when I come... Ultimately when I move into some perm housing I will be using Vonage and Skype all the time..

All input welcome

thanks

amegy

From my experience with my husband using an internet connection at a hotel, I'll say it might not be very functional.  We had an awful connection on SKYPE, and non whatsoever for MagicJack (another VoIP thing we bought in the US).  So, don't expect high speed internet at hotels to be very "high speed".  It's a different story once you get a land line and DSL!  Good Luck!

SaudiUK

The vonage will work if the hotel has an internet cable which you plug into the vonage box.

If the hotel has wifi you cannot use Vonage.

Internet is significantly more expensive than UK and therefore it might not be cost effective for you to use vonage from a hotel room.

Both Skype and vonage work well.

RedGoblin

the hotel net connections are usually slow, and also intermittent depending on the place you stay. I stayed at a really good 4 * place, even though the net was available, it took ages to get anything done and it was really really slow.
And since most hotels have wifi, they usually dont have the access ports for the wired connection.

Most of the Voips that are available do work but it all comes down the speed and the quality of the net line.

Harmonie

Hello Leedslad,

I hope that you have been given replies to your query.

Good luck,
Harmonie.

Leedslad

Appreciate your input...Thanks everyone...

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