NameZ
@attbi.com
| Sell Me
By default, this must be good because the competition I suppose. But since I have what amounts to unlimited local and long distance with my MOBILE phone, why would I want to pay another $40mo. for this?
Can the whole household have unlimited calls from every phone in the house, is that how it works? |
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usa2k
Please PRAY for Rebekah
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join:2003-01-26
Canton, MI
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| said by NameZ:
...But since I have what amounts to unlimited local and long distance with my MOBILE phone, why would I want to pay another $40mo. for this?
Can the whole household have unlimited calls from every phone in the house, is that how it works?
FWD BTW can use sip phones and such. There are new services that will allow PSTN to FWD VoIP.
Do you use the cell as your home phone?
$40 unlimited Vonage, all 50 states, and all Canada.
$26 wide regional calling area unlimited, 500 minuted LD
I use Vonage as an SBC replacement. It saved me around $70 a month, dropping my bill to about $26 monthly. The ATA186 uses your regular phone and routes you through you high speed internet connection (that I already have). The SBC local tolls were as bad as LD bills.
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Surfinusa
Premium
join:2001-02-08
| Alas
Finally, no longer a monopoly just a dinosaur of technologies,at least I will have a choice of service not just a few companies over current telephone network. A shocker to the Telco's ,they have been sleeping, time moves foward they stood still and watched. If they only made DSL available for the majority, they would have had to upgrade there networks earlier and then they could have attacked the Cable Companies by offering Television over there newly upgraded network. So now they are trying to catch up to the real world and they are crying in the process. All I can think of is the share holders because of putting there faith in Executives to run the company and the Exec's are not with the program. Now they have to upgrade or face extinction.
Happy Surfing  |
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Surfinusa
Premium
join:2001-02-08 | reply to NameZ
Re: Sell Me
I use my Cell Phone for all Long Distance myself. Not a bad idea just need a multi phone plan for others in household.
Happy Surfing |
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Karl Bode
News Guy
join:2000-03-02
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| reply to NameZ
It will be interesting to see new bundle "cliques" develop:
"VoIP via cable, cable broadband, DirecTV and Tivo all the way!"
"Regular phone, cable broadband, Digital TV and Time Warner PVR rules!"
"Cell Phone only, DSL Line w/Vonage, Dish Network and a good old-fashioned VCR is the best!"
"Net2Phone, with satellite broadband and no TV because it rots the mind!" |
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Archivis
Your Daddy
Premium
join:2001-11-26
Earth
 ·Verizon FIOS
| I can see it now. I just pay one bill for my monthly expenses.
I pay my phone, electric, gas, TV, internet, car payment, mortgage, groceries, etc through one company.
Who's gonna do it?
Wal-mart.
Give it time.
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BillRoland
Premium
join:2001-01-21
Ocala, FL
clubs:
·Cox HSI
| Try again
said by Article:
"By the end of of 2002, Comcast had roughly 1.4 million VoIP subscribers. Cox Communications served 718,420 while Cablevision laid claim to 12,240 VoIP customers."
No, Comcast does not have 1.4 million VoIP customers, nor does Cox have 718,420. They do, however, have that many regular, old fashioned circuit switched customers. I can't speak for Cablevision because I know they've been rolling out some VoIP service, so that number may be right.
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2farfromCO7
join:2000-10-14
Farmington, MI | reply to Karl Bode
Re: Sell Me
HOw do you have a "Cell Phone only, DSL line w/Vonage" You can't have a cheap DSL Line without Pots. DSL with Vonage is not a cost savings. |
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2farfromCO7
join:2000-10-14
Farmington, MI
| The RBOCs know this and they know it's another advantage for Cable. That's why they are continually dropping the price of DSL. However, where's that $24.95 price that people keep saying SBC is going to launch? WHY DOES SBC THINK THAT BLUFFING WITH TH PRICE OF A PRODUCT THEY DON'T HAVE(DSL, THEY DON"T HAVE DSL ANYWHERE) will make CABLE blink? It won't. THey only thing that will make cable react is a detailed RT deployment schedule with 100% coverage("Can I get DSL now?") in the cities they list |
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Agent_haito
join:2002-09-20
Winston Salem, NC | So does that mean
during peak hours my phone convo will suddenly become latent if i start dropping packets? |
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Karl Bode
News Guy
join:2000-03-02 | reply to BillRoland
Re: Try again
Corrected to read "telephony" customers. |
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clyde_
It's A Chrysalis, Not A Cocoon
Premium
join:2001-05-02
Easley, SC | reply to Agent_haito
Re: So does that mean
Or what about download caps? If you talk too much during any given month, will your ISP suddenly label you a bandwidth hog and turn off your VoIP?
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BillRoland
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join:2001-01-21
Ocala, FL
clubs:
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| reply to Karl Bode
Re: Try again
Its only a big deal because its only been relatively recently that Cable Labs has started approving PacketCable devices required to offer VoIP over the cable plant. Thanks for the update.
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number1melon
Premium
join:2003-01-17
Fort Lauderdale, FL
| if i could....
get voIP for less that 15/month/number i would get 4 of them. unfourtunately, vonage did not seem like such a great price for me, becuase of volume buying, i already get unlimited long distance from verizon.
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J D McDorce
Premium
join:2001-12-29
Westland, MI | reply to 2farfromCO7
Re: Sell Me
SBC has DSL over here in Broadband Nirvana 
Off of an RT, no less... |
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2farfromCO7
join:2000-10-14
Farmington, MI
| Yeah, and I bet they have no more than 30% of the broadband market at best for the addresses serviced by your RT(which is probably half empty). Here there are tons of young technologically inclined demograhic(lots young Indians) in a dense apartment complex with no other broadband options. ALL SBC MANAGEMENT ARE IDIOTS!!!! ALL OF THEM!!!!! |
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tirgon
Premium
join:2003-03-10
Waipahu, HI
| reply to 2farfromCO7
said by 2farfromCO7  :
HOw do you have a "Cell Phone only, DSL line w/Vonage" You can't have a cheap DSL Line without Pots. DSL with Vonage is not a cost savings.
It depends....Vonage technically gives you another phone line...so if you're wanting another line, it does offer some cost savings. |
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
Premium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
| reply to clyde_
Re: So does that mean
said by clyde_ :
Or what about download caps? If you talk too much during any given month, will your ISP suddenly label you a bandwidth hog and turn off your VoIP?
Nah. they'll just slam you like vonage did to some people by putting them on a business rate plan without even getting their authorization.
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qworster
join:2001-11-25
Los Angeles, CA | My cell phone is spottty in my house!!
My cell phone is spotty in my house because of the stucco walls (that are suspended on screen). TV and FM also suck.
Vonage gives me good service at home and a Boston phone number that rings in L.A. |
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DSLTech
join:2000-12-30
San Jose, CA | reply to Karl Bode
Re: Try again
But in the context of the article its misleading.
That data needs to be simply removed since its not related to VoIP. Don't you think? Just an article error. We're all human. |
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