Is Comcast blocking my VOIP?

Is Comcast blocking my VOIP?

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Is Comcast blocking my VOIP? M.L. 08-05-2008
Posted by M.L. on August 5, 2008, 4:45 am
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I was successfully using my Voicestick voip to call out when I had AT&T dsl.
However, now that I've switched to a wireless LAN using Comcast, I can't
make my outbound calls with my Voicestick softphone. It gives me a code
12002 timeout error when I try to authenticate.

I've tried connecting with my software firewall to allow, and with it
completely turned off. I tried port-forwarding the recommended Voicestick
ports to my computer while my software firewall was off. I finally tried
putting my computer in the router's DMZ with my software firewall turned
off. I just couldn't get a call to go through. I can't think of anything
that's stopping the show except Comcast. Could there be another reason?
Thanks.



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Posted by Thomas T. Veldhouse on August 5, 2008, 9:04 am
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> I was successfully using my Voicestick voip to call out when I had AT&T dsl.
> However, now that I've switched to a wireless LAN using Comcast, I can't
> make my outbound calls with my Voicestick softphone. It gives me a code
> 12002 timeout error when I try to authenticate.
>
> I've tried connecting with my software firewall to allow, and with it
> completely turned off. I tried port-forwarding the recommended Voicestick
> ports to my computer while my software firewall was off. I finally tried
> putting my computer in the router's DMZ with my software firewall turned
> off. I just couldn't get a call to go through. I can't think of anything
> that's stopping the show except Comcast. Could there be another reason?
> Thanks.
>

Comcast and 3rd party VoIP works just fine. You almost certainly have your
router and/or adapter (stick) configured incorrectly. Can you hook that
"VoiceStick" directly to your cable modem [or is it a USB bit that connects to
a PC}?


--
Thomas T. Veldhouse

Religion is a crutch, but that's okay... humanity is a cripple.

Posted by M.L. on August 5, 2008, 2:48 pm
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>> I was successfully using my Voicestick voip to call out when I had AT&T
>> dsl.
>> However, now that I've switched to a wireless LAN using Comcast, I can't
>> make my outbound calls with my Voicestick softphone. It gives me a code
>> 12002 timeout error when I try to authenticate.
>>
>> I've tried connecting with my software firewall to allow, and with it
>> completely turned off. I tried port-forwarding the recommended Voicestick
>> ports to my computer while my software firewall was off. I finally tried
>> putting my computer in the router's DMZ with my software firewall turned
>> off. I just couldn't get a call to go through. I can't think of anything
>> that's stopping the show except Comcast. Could there be another reason?
>> Thanks.
>>
>
> Comcast and 3rd party VoIP works just fine. You almost certainly have
> your
> router and/or adapter (stick) configured incorrectly. Can you hook that
> "VoiceStick" directly to your cable modem [or is it a USB bit that
> connects to
> a PC}?

I'm not using the stick, just their softphone.



Posted by Thomas T. Veldhouse on August 6, 2008, 1:15 pm
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>
> I'm not using the stick, just their softphone.
>

Firewall issue ... either on your computer or on your router ... I am about
100% sure of this. I am 100% sure that Comcast is not blocking VoIP. They
took enough heat with their interference with torrents to even consider
blocking VoIP for anti-competitive reasons.

--
Thomas T. Veldhouse

Religion is a crutch, but that's okay... humanity is a cripple.

Posted by M.L. on August 6, 2008, 10:16 pm
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>> I'm not using the stick, just their softphone.

> Firewall issue ... either on your computer or on your router ... I am
> about
> 100% sure of this. I am 100% sure that Comcast is not blocking VoIP.
> They
> took enough heat with their interference with torrents to even consider
> blocking VoIP for anti-competitive reasons.

Thanks for your reply. I had already tried shutting down my router and
software firewalls with no success. Turns out that my WinXP Telephony
service was set to Manual. After setting it to Started->Automatic and
rebooting, I could make outgoing calls.



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