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MADcyborge
join:2002-05-31
Salt Lake City, UT
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Re: Why does this matter.
I have vonage for my 65 YR. Old father,even he can use it. K first off, My dad was a scientist at atomics international,worked for the space program and knows incredible amounts of math. He know ZILCH about computers,TCP/IP networks, he can not use a computer period. I have Vonage setup on a fax line that he connected the router,followed instructions straigh from the vonage setup guide and got his VoIP line going. (I did wire cat 6 to his office in his house though.) Voip saves people oodles of money when the call travels larg spans of area. I call russia,UK and spend 5-10 cents compared to 40-80 cents Qwest used to charge us. Nationwide Long distance is awesome when you pay zip additionally. Neighbors,friends, people I dont know all come to my dads house on the weekends to get free calls. Embrace the VoIP wave like we did the net in the 90s and it too can have an awesome sweeping change. | |
rradina
join:2000-08-08
Chesterfield, MO
| The Internet-based VOIP providers (Vonage, Packet8, AT&T) save money unless you only pay for life-line/metered service. In STL SBC country, I can get close to my Vonage $24.99/month price if I subscribe to a local area calling plan where almost everything that isn't within a few miles is long distance. Of course this doesn't include any extras (voice mail, call waiting, long distance, etc.) If I subscribe to an SBC metro plan, it's nearly $50/month. Again, no extras are included in this cost. With Vonage I get it all for half that price.
Of course the cost (not features) between a metro plan and Vonage is the same if you include the cost of broadband. However, I want broadband anyway and the fact that I can use it to half my phone costs is simply icing on the cake I'm already eating. | |
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