PX Eliezer
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FaktorTel----Flat rate US calls
So what's up lately with FaktorTel??
Folks using it?
No news for several weeks, and no reviews have been posted.
(And flat rate plans no longer seem to be offered). |
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usa2k
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|  Sure felt like a blip on the horizon!
ccowling  Last seen: 2009-01-16 18:01:17
No so long ago ... and was a DSLR member long before the flurry of activity. |
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PX Eliezer
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Re: Faktortel-----
Well, I just heard that Australia has been devestated this weekend by severe brush fires, and that the death toll may exceed 40. This is mainly in the Australian state of Victoria.
Our prayers and sympathies to our Australian friends. |
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ccowling
join:2007-11-14
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Re: [Other] Flat rate US calls
Thanks for the thoughts. The death toll is now over 108 in Victoria and rising daily. Towns have literally been wiped off the map.
In regards to the activity. We are reassessing some of our US packages at the moment. And in fact I have a list of items to be looked into on my desk at the moment. We should continue our US rollout shortly with some new packages similar to the flat rate package(s) offered previously.
Chris. |
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Test99
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San Jose, CA | reply to ccowling
Fires in the south, floods in the north. Chris is in the Goldilocks zone: not too wet and not too dry.  |
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ccowling
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Thats true. i'm very fortunate not to be in Cairns nor Victoria
This is where I live atm:
»www.nrw.qld.gov.au/about/documen···oast.jpg
»www.escapelocally.com.au/images/···oast.gif
But we do get some massive storm. (This is not uncommon) 
»www.goldcoast.com.au/images/uplo···0810.jpg
Chris |
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wcweaver
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Re: FaktorTel----Flat rate US calls
I had Faktortel up and working. I had a temporary DID but it was not in the city I live in even though the exchange as listed on the Faktortel selection as a Fort Myers number.
The service was completely satisfactory but their customer support was slowwwww,. Their support 800 telephone number was always busy but not at first, only after I got the service working and my e-mails went unanswered.
The main issue was number porting. I could not get an answer from them ( they never responded to my last e-mail) about whether they could port my number or not. Switching numbers was a non starter for many reasons. My wife was absolutely not willing to get a new number.
Here is what I asked for in my last e-mail to them on January 7, 2009:
"Any update on ability and time frame to have my existing number which I listed below ported over to FactorTel? I like your service but without porting it is of no use to me regardless of cost. My wife WILL NOT change numbers. And I agree, Too many notifications to make. A lot of things are linked to our existing number.
Thanks
Bill
I have never received a reply to answer the porting issue. So, I canceled last month and they accomplished that in less than 48 hours.
I would still sign up with them for the unlimited residential plan if they would port my number.
Meanwhile, I am looking around for another VOIP service, The unlocked Linksys Phone Adapter that I own will support Vonage.
Any recommendations?
Chris Cowling, are you still out there? |
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nitzan
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Aparrently FaktorTel lost it's interest in the US market. Not surprising considering the amount of competition. My guess is they saw very little interest in their US product and are just letting it die a slow death.
Pure speculation, of course. |
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PX Eliezer
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| said by nitzan :Apparently FaktorTel lost it's interest in the US market. Not surprising considering the amount of competition. Tough competition, but big rewards.
So many people in the USA.
It's been summer in Australia while winter here. Maybe they'll be back.
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In many ways their Federal structure is modelled after the USA.
The six states jealously guard their prerogatives against the power of the central government.
Because of that, although Australia now can amend its own Federal constitution, the constitutions of the six states cannot be amended without the approval of the British parliament. That's they way the states want it.
The Queen of Australia is the same person as the Queen of the United Kingdom.
Because countries like the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, etc., recognize the same head of state (the Queen), those countries do not exchange ambassadors to each other. Rather, they exchange High Commissioners. |
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