Re: Bells in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r14185270 en Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:07:22 EDT Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:07:22 EDT Re: Bells http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14187139 rradina : Does this mean that $14.95/month DSL is being funded with POTS revenue?

Something has to be wrong when SBC charged me $50/month (including taxes/fees/regulations) for a POTS line with no features and no long distance. The only plus was it was a metro calling number so that I could dial most STL folks on the MO side of the Mississippi River for free. If I get in my car and drive three miles east, the price drops to ~$40. If I continue driving, folks in the actual city of STL pay even less. I call this rotten. Dirty, stinking and rotten.

I don't deny anyone a fair wage, with benefits. I don't think $50G/year will break any company that's efficient, well managed and that builds an employee base that feels they have a stake in the success of the company.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14187139 Sun, 21 Aug 2005 17:54:30 EDT Re: Bells http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14185432 anon : I've noticed this site has so many liberals. My point was:

The very same liberals who want dirt cheap broadband and dialtone are also the very same ones who complain about wages and benefits. There is a direct correlation between product pricing and employee wages and benefits.

BTW: According to some of the Bell workers I've talked to (specifically SBC) they claim management has them running with the bare minimum headcount nowadays.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14185432 Sun, 21 Aug 2005 13:02:31 EDT Re: Bells http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14185270 rradina : *Sniff* *Sniff* I thought I smelled a socialist.

Until the socialist take total control of this country, that's an awful niave view. What stopped Wal*Mart? What will stop VOIP?

I don't think the average salary of the Bell worker is the problem. The problem stems from the fact that there's TOO MANY of these folks for the true work load. I'm not suggesting 60 hour work weeks. I'm suggesting the average employee probably doesn't work efficiently because of poor leadership.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14185270 Sun, 21 Aug 2005 12:36:49 EDT Re: Bells http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14183483 KSC519 : Even your average, bottom-of-the barrel user can handle plugging in a cable, all you have to do is run a line to the input on the phone box outside, its REALLY simple. Now, if you're just lazy, you can hire any neghborhood kid with a little technical knowledge to do it for you. Vonage, in my opinion, is one of the best offerings out there, their combination of pricing and features blows any standard land line away. And VOIP, like most technical things, is not for everyone. My opinion is that if you're unwilling to take a little initiative, you shouldn't use a certain product. (People who can't change tires shouldn't drive, people who can't understand basic internet security should not be online, and so on)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14183483 Sun, 21 Aug 2005 02:21:45 EDT Re: Bells http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14182564 nozzer : 1. Call up previous "supplier" (bell company or cableco) and tell them to come over and completely disconnect their shit.

2. Connect VOIP box to unused wall jack with phone cord.

Just how freaking hard is that exactly?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14182564 Sat, 20 Aug 2005 23:16:03 EDT Re: Bells http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14182214 mckenna797 : i am a time warner digital Phone subscriber since March an i am a very happy camper]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14182214 Sat, 20 Aug 2005 22:19:36 EDT Re: Bells http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14181240 anon : "I can't think of any good reason why the incumbent LECs cannot offer $19.95/month telephone service with free long distance and every bell-and-whistle feature."

The large telco employees are unionized. Their average annual salary at the top end is $55000 + benefits. That's one reason why your telephone service is more expensive than you'd like. Deal with it "for the good of the whole" unless you like Wal-Mart like prices and wages.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14181240 Sat, 20 Aug 2005 19:36:48 EDT Re: Bells http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14179347 Kizaki : The problem is the taxes the government forces people to pay when using this line. Its all politically annoying, but what are you going to do. From what I understand so far, by using VOIP they can doge these taxes. Thank the politicians not the phone companies]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14179347 Sat, 20 Aug 2005 13:58:46 EDT Re: Bells http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14178818 hayabusa3303 : It does happen why i put my edit in there. I was confused!!its all good. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14178818 Sat, 20 Aug 2005 12:27:11 EDT Re: Bells http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14178631 DreamWraith : i wasnt replying to you actually. must have been some weird forum glitch, where you posted right before me. was replying to the person above you.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14178631 Sat, 20 Aug 2005 11:54:30 EDT Re: Bells http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14178624 rradina :
said by refreshme:

When Bells enter VOIP with full force, then it will be that way it is supposed to be.
What way would that be? Overpriced? Less features? Pay a fee for every phone/VOIP router?

What's even harder to believe is that you believe the bells need to enter the VOIP landscape at all. The bells don't need a different transport to provide the same service. They have a great network that isn't built around VOIP but they charge too damn much for it.

Right now they could restructure, drop the price of their existing analog service and drive VOIP from the market. I can't think of any good reason why the incumbent LECs cannot offer $19.95/month telephone service with free long distance and every bell-and-whistle feature. Why would anyone bother with VOIP? It's less reliable. It goes out when your Internet connection goes out. 911 might work. Why would I want VOIP if I could get a better service for the same money from the ILECs?

I also think 95% don't know how to hook it up is more like 25% who don't know. As older, less technological savvy generations pass, that number will eventually dwindle to 2%.

What's really changed about the standard HTTP browser in the past 10 years? Is it easier today than it was then or have people adapted? (There's certainly more risk today but have we really changed the "http://www.xyz.com" address format and how it all works?) I think most folks have adapted just like they'll adapt to the wiring difficulties of VOIP.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14178624 Sat, 20 Aug 2005 11:52:37 EDT Re: Bells http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14178550 hayabusa3303 : i have two vonage lines hard wired into the house. If you can read i am using a PAP2 so i think thats voip last time i checked.

Edit myself: only if your talking about my last post does this apply..lol]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14178550 Sat, 20 Aug 2005 11:37:13 EDT Re: Bells http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14178531 DreamWraith : are you a VOIP user? you sure dont seem like it, you make it out to be a hundred times more complicated than it is. my mother, who can barely use a mouse was able to set up her own VOIP. Oh, and did i mention it took five minutes to hook it into the existing house wiring, withou using any splitter? ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14178531 Sat, 20 Aug 2005 11:33:46 EDT Re: Bells http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14178515 hayabusa3303 : i know i shouldnt feed the trolls but..

All you have to do is run a main wire like i did from the PAP2 to the phone box outside. Disconnect the bells and put yours in place of the bells and bang all of 6 phones ring and no splitters. Shows how little you know about wiring.

As for Tech support i have never had to call them. I have called sales and they where the best. Better than Tw CSR who dont know what they are talking about.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14178515 Sat, 20 Aug 2005 11:30:47 EDT Re: Bells http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14178437 anon : when was the last time that vonage employee came to your house to make whole house wiring or even disco cables from main line?Oh wait. They don't do that. You are on your own. I understand that some BBR readers know enough to do it on their own, but 95% of others don't. So if you count it all in perspective, you can't get much with vonage and all of their features pale in comparison to simple old line. TW will at least rewire your house. Vonage won't. try to reach vonage tech and if you spend less than 1 hour, you are lucky. I agree VOIP is the way of the future, but it is not the way with companies like Vonage. When Bells enter VOIP with full force, then it will be that way it is supposed to be. My view of voip is close to one offered by cableco where voip replaces traditional line not one by vonage where you must run multiple splitters to connect all phones in your house.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14178437 Sat, 20 Aug 2005 11:17:10 EDT Bells http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14178354 hayabusa3303 : Maybe this is a wake up call to the bells. Maybe bellsouth would get off there AZZ and do something like more dsl or fois.

I know where i live in this small town that bellsouth has lost some 6000 people to time warner and going up everyday.

I used to work for TW cable maybe they want to be there own bell tho it piggybacks off of MCI..lol :D:D:D:D

Edit i have 2 vonage lines and TW still cant beat Vonage in price or features. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14178354 Sat, 20 Aug 2005 11:01:40 EDT