# Vonage WiFi Phone **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [August 28, 2006, 8:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vonage-wifi-phone/16593 "2006-08-28T08:38:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2006, 8:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vonage-wifi-phone/16593/1 "2006-08-28T08:38:03Z")
In one of the threads about cell phone service I said I’d never sign a contract over 2 years now because of the way WiFi is spreading. Check this thing out: > _The WiFi UTStarcom F1000 is a pocket-sized, wireless Internet phone that uses Vonage service by connecting to wireless Internet access points worldwide, also known as WiFi hotspots. It’s an easy way to bring your Vonage service anywhere._ [http://www.vonage.com/device.php?type=F1000](http://www.vonage.com/device.php?type=F1000) Who thinks extended WiFi coverage is more than 3 years away? ---
**Author:** ![Jack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jack/32/7613_2.png) [@Jack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jack)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2006, 9:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vonage-wifi-phone/16593/2 "2006-08-28T09:11:10Z")
I’m at home waiting for the Time Warner guy to come and hook my phone up. ---
**Author:** ![zwarbyt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zwarbyt/32/7623_2.png) [@zwarbyt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/zwarbyt)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2006, 9:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vonage-wifi-phone/16593/3 "2006-08-28T09:16:38Z")
this looks awsome… might seriously do it ---
**Author:** ![zwarbyt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zwarbyt/32/7623_2.png) [@zwarbyt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/zwarbyt)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2006, 9:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vonage-wifi-phone/16593/4 "2006-08-28T09:16:46Z")
can they work on wep? ---
**Author:** ![BluBalls](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bluballs/32/7212_2.png) [@BluBalls](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BluBalls)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2006, 9:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vonage-wifi-phone/16593/5 "2006-08-28T09:17:50Z")
I have already seen wifi phones… there was a guy that came over from tiwan and had one. pretty pimp. ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2006, 9:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vonage-wifi-phone/16593/6 "2006-08-28T09:20:56Z")
holy shit :tup: ---
**Author:** ![zwarbyt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zwarbyt/32/7623_2.png) [@zwarbyt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/zwarbyt)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2006, 9:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vonage-wifi-phone/16593/7 "2006-08-28T09:25:23Z")
mmm it says the wep key has to be provided by the router :tdown: only unsecure networks seem to work then? ---
**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2006, 11:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vonage-wifi-phone/16593/8 "2006-08-28T11:09:20Z")
> [@zwarbyt](#): > > mmm it says the wep key has to be provided by the router :tdown: only unsecure networks seem to work then? I would think so… it would have to “get around” wep and i doubt this phone would have the abitied necessary to hack web on the fly, considering thats illegal anyways ---
**Author:** ![zwarbyt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zwarbyt/32/7623_2.png) [@zwarbyt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/zwarbyt)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2006, 11:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vonage-wifi-phone/16593/9 "2006-08-28T11:10:24Z")
no i mean it looks like you cannot manually type the wep key in ---
**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2006, 11:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vonage-wifi-phone/16593/10 "2006-08-28T11:11:17Z")
> [@zwarbyt](#): > > no i mean it looks like you cannot manually type the wep key in omg LAME ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2006, 11:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vonage-wifi-phone/16593/11 "2006-08-28T11:16:31Z")
> **[Review of the UTStarcom F1000, Vonage's first WiFi phone](https://www.engadget.com/2005-04-15-review-of-the-utstarcom-f1000-vonages-first-wifi-phone.html)** > > It's been almost a year and a half since we heard the first rumblings about this, but we finally got to spend a few days with the UTStarcom F1000, Vonage's long-awaited WiFi phone. Is it everything we were waiting for? Well, not exactly, but as a... > To make that initial connection you just set the phone to Auto Scan (why it’s not in that mode by default isn’t clear), and the F1000 automatically connects to the nearest open access point. If the access point is encrypted you have to enter your WEP Key, which, is tons of fun to do with a phone keypad, trust us. If you’re at a hotel or Starbucks or someplace that requires you to enter a password or otherwise log-in via a webpage, you’re out of luck; the F1000 just won’t work.