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Take me down to the paradise city
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join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
 ·North State Commun..
| Yep In North Carolina Time Warner has added a package called, "Unlimited Carolinas" for $29.99/month. Not bad at all and much closer to the $24.99 of Vonage for a higher quality service.
»www.timewarnercable.com/piedmont···ils.html
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
1 edit | Re: Yep I still make good use out of Skype Out - $14.95/YEAR!
Don't forget - Unlimited Carolinas covers the Carolina's... Vonage covers the country + Canada | |
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n2jtx
join:2001-01-13
Glen Head, NY
 ·Optimum Online
| Re: Yep said by en102  :I still make good use out of Skype Out - $14.95/YEAR! Don't forget - Unlimited Carolinas covers the Carolina's... Vonage covers the country + Canada Yes! I have it too and use it all the time. Dropped my LD plan on the land line.
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Trinijoy
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join:2005-09-12
Brick, NJ
1 edit | Vonage is just high a quality of service, I have had it for 18 months and it has worked beautiful. I have maybe had one outage so far, out of the 5 that my parents have had with there Optimum. Believe me because it's priortized doesn't mean it's better. Again if there is issues with your cable, or you have a crappy sattelite your going to have issues with a service like Vonage or SunRocket.
Yes I do live in a different house with my wife, not in the same connection of Optimum so don't be a smart aleck about that. | |
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Thegoldwater
join:2002-03-10
Parkton, MD | Re: Yep I agree, vonage is very high quality.
They also offer features that Comcast won't-- like having a line in a different part of the country. | |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
| Cable VoIP not any better. I've had Packet 8 and my mother has Charter VoIP and Charter's quality really really sucks. She bundled and is paying $29.99 BEFORE taxes and other fees. Meanwhile I'm paying under $25 TOTAL tax and all for Packet 8. Even if Charter was the same price I would still go with Packet 8. Color me UNIMPRESSED by cable VoIP. | |
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ronpin
Imagine Reality
join:2002-12-06
Nirvana
·AT&T Southwest
| Re: Cable VoIP not any better. Well...Charter VoIP has been solid for the 1 month I've had it (knock on wood). You have to like the isolated DOCSIS channel it's on -- and at $30 it's less than half of what I was paying AT&T. So far so good.
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Jerm
join:2000-04-10
Richland, WA
| Whoa... I guess I really don't see it.
Cable VOIP @ $30-ish a month.
Or $8.29 a month (inc all taxes/fees) through SR for me. And yeah I know some people don't like SR, but it works great for me!
If you are reallly cheap, get Skype and then the Linksys Skype to phone adapter - you'll get full VOIP for $14.95 a YEAR for outgoing calls and $30 Euro a YEAR for incomming calls... do the math! | |
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ronpin
Imagine Reality
join:2002-12-06
Nirvana
·AT&T Southwest
| Re: Whoa... 'Glad to hear about cheaper options that are reliable too. I guess after AT&T raping me for all those years $30 looks really good. After the promo period is up I'll take a look at P8 (Skype highjacks your bandwidth for their service right?)
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| Surfinusa
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join:2001-02-08 | I have followed packet-8 for quite some time now and wondered how long have you had it and have you experienced any problems with it? | |
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join:2001-03-22
Madison, NJ
1 edit | Re: Cable VoIP not any better. I've had P8 for 3 years and find it a superbly reliable service. Just for the record today they announced a $2.00 monthly increase in pricing. Still makes it an excellent deal.
I like the feature set and the fact that I can move location and just plug it into any broadband and I'm up and running. I've used it on visits to SE Asia for a month at a time and again you just plug and play:) If I'm traveling for a week I can have all my voice mail messages sent as an mp3 attachment to my email.
Voice Quality is a smidgen below POTS, but certainly well good enough to please me. International calling rates are very competitive too. | |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
| Re: Cable VoIP not any better. said by IanR :I've had P8 for 3 years and find it a superbly reliable service. Just for the record today they announced a $2.00 monthly increase in pricing. Still makes it an excellent deal. I like the feature set and the fact that I can move location and just plug it into any broadband and I'm up and running. I've used it on visits to SE Asia for a month at a time and again you just plug and play:) If I'm traveling for a week I can have all my voice mail messages sent as an mp3 attachment to my email. Voice Quality is a smidgen below POTS, but certainly well good enough to please me. International calling rates are very competitive too. Still even with an extra $2 it's a good deal. Funny thing is I can take my Packet 8 over to my mother's house and hook it up and it sounds better than her Charter phone service. And Charter supposedly uses some sort of dedicated line or whatever. I'd like to have that explained. | |
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| fiberguy
My views are my own.
Premium
join:2005-05-20
| said by BF69 :Even if Charter was the same price I would still go with Packet 8. Color me UNIMPRESSED by cable VoIP CHARTER TELEPHONE. Corrected for you...
It's not an accurate statement to make a determination on "cable" voip service over one customer experience by one cable provider in one system, in one instance.
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jagged
join:2003-07-01
Boynton Beach, FL | The Walmart tactic They'll come in with low prices, lower than the competitors, drive em away to bankruptcy and when they're the monopoly again they'll jack prices up.
Or in other words, what's happening to Cable TV today | |
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texans20
Weapons of Masturbation
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join:2002-09-28
Texas!
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| Re: The Walmart tactic said by jagged :They'll come in with low prices, lower than the competitors, drive em away to bankruptcy and when they're the monopoly again they'll jack prices up. Or in other words, what's happening to Cable TV today You forget they still compete in most market with AT&T or the other local wire line provider. That along with the fact the telecos are looking to begin providing video service, there will still be plenty of competition. | |
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join:2001-06-18
Sterling, VA
clubs:  | Re: The Walmart tactic I've heard that before...Cell Phones, Broadband, Television. It doesn't happen.
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chemaupr
join:2005-06-06
Alexandria, VA
| Can they beat 199 for two years? that is what i signed up for sunrocket. and i personally have never experience an outage. i guess i was never home when it happen. so far so good, and way more featuers than cable voip.
sure cable offers you a service closer to land line service, but that is not what i was looking for ($$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$) | |
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Surfinusa
Premium
join:2001-02-08 | Price drop? You call bundled prices a price drop?
Yeah save 10 buck if you buy another service that you may or may not want.
That's saving with a string attached that's what I call it.
Good riddance to bad rubbish. | |
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odreian615
join:2006-01-18
Chicago, IL | Comcast and TWC will gobble up Vonage right after they Gobble up Sprint
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Michieru2
zzz zzz zzz
Premium
join:2005-01-28
Miami, FL | Re: Comcast and TWC will gobble up Vonage You mean Embarq | |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | Re: Comcast and TWC will gobble up Vonage No, they'll run Embarq out of business (tiny LEC),
then gobble up Sprint for Wireless service bundling. | |
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comcast_customer
@raf.com | after that excuse for an IPO Vonage had, I'd say you aren't far from the truth. | |
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batterup
I Can Not Tell A Lie.
Premium
join:2003-02-06
Netcong, NJ
clubs: | Net Neutrality, Net neutrality. quote:
cable's more expensive VoIP service is in a different league because it's prioritized
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| fiberguy
My views are my own.
Premium
join:2005-05-20
| Re: Net Neutrality, Net neutrality. Don't be ridiculous there. Incumbents have every right to offer their own services reliably.
I'd say your statement would be fair if you're willing to say that AT&T's u-verse is ran as any other data packet.
The fact that cable's voip product doesn't use the rest of the internet like people think, net neutrality has nothing to do with this.
You guys crying net neutrality don't get it. You have to remember that Phone is a dial tone service first, internet second. Cable is a TV provider first, internet second. You NN people would have cable's TV services take second seat to your You Tube experience.
Really.. grow up.
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| | bmn
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join:2001-03-15
hiatus
| Re: Net Neutrality, Net neutrality. said by fiberguy :You guys crying net neutrality don't get it. You have to remember that Phone is a dial tone service first, internet second. Cable is a TV provider first, internet second. You NN people would have cable's TV services take second seat to your You Tube experience. Sounds like you need to get up to speed on the whole Net Neutrality debate... NN focuses only on the IP based services that share a common pipe. Cable's VOIP is different because its prioritization doesn't affect of data. Its just given a dedicated slice of the pipe. It can't take more than the slice and negatively impact of streams.
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My views are my own.
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join:2005-05-20
| Re: Net Neutrality, Net neutrality. I'm very well aware of what the entitled's are wanting of the internet. With that said, I'm also qualified on cable flavor voip. My wording was a little off on my original post.. To be honest, I can't stand listening to the B.S. spewed by batter up anytime something telephone comes up. I swear that guy needs to get his rusted jeep out, plant it in his front yard and yell at the kids as they walk by already.
My point in example is his last post was meaningless... I read the garbage he spews here and sometimes shouldn't bother responding to his crap, but at times you just can't help it.
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batterup
I Can Not Tell A Lie.
Premium
join:2003-02-06
Netcong, NJ
clubs:
·Verizon Online DSL
| Re: Net Neutrality, Net neutrality. said by fiberguy :My point in example is his last post was meaningless... I read the garbage he spews here and sometimes shouldn't bother responding to his crap, but at times you just can't help it. Do your parents have medical insurance? If so you can get medications for impulse control | |
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My views are my own.
Premium
join:2005-05-20
| Re: Net Neutrality, Net neutrality. I dunno.. but maybe you could use your insurance for the very issue you point at me. How many times have you posted "we had a network... and now the people weep"...? Talk about impulse?
Take a good look at yourself before you worry about me.
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batterup
I Can Not Tell A Lie.
Premium
join:2003-02-06
Netcong, NJ
clubs:
·Verizon Online DSL
| Re: Net Neutrality, Net neutrality. said by fiberguy :Take a good look at yourself before you worry about me. As hard as you may find it to believe I don't worry about you a nat's spit worth. | |
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batterup
I Can Not Tell A Lie.
Premium
join:2003-02-06
Netcong, NJ
clubs:
·Verizon Online DSL
| said by fiberguy :Don't be ridiculous there. Incumbents have every right to offer their own services reliably. I'd say your statement would be fair if you're willing to say that AT&T's u-verse is ran as any other data packet. The fact that cable's voip product doesn't use the rest of the internet like people think, net neutrality has nothing to do with this. You guys crying net neutrality don't get it. You have to remember that Phone is a dial tone service first, internet second. Cable is a TV provider first, internet second. You NN people would have cable's TV services take second seat to your You Tube experience. Really.. grow up. So you are going to write the Net Neutrality law or at least have a say in it? I DON'T THINK SO as you have to grow up first. | |
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ebubman
join:2002-01-17
Enola, PA
·Comcast
 ·Vonage
| bundled voip? no thanks!!! we have comcast isp & have used vonage for approx 6 mos. i cannot envision any reason on earth why i'd pay comcast 3x what i pay vonage for the same thing. frankly we did not have any landline for almost 5 years while relying exclusively on our gsm cell phones. we are thrilled with vonage voip service. bundled????? you have got to be kidding me!!!!!! bub | |
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YayOtters
join:2004-06-12
Monroe, NC
·RoadRunner Cable
| I'll stick with Vonage I pay ~$31 for unlimited Vonage. ($25 plan, but there's quite a lot in taxes). Even if Time Warner dropped their prices to the same as Vonage and provided dedicated bandwidth for voip (instead of how Vonage uses your existing cable connection bandwidth) I wouldn't switch to them. I have enough problems with their sad excuse for an ISP. (Road Runner) | |
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HyPeRbAnD
join:2006-01-07
Stow, MA
| I just signed up for Comcast DV I am going from Vonage to CDV. Vonage second line is the same price as the primary line. Comcast second line is only $10.00. I entered into a triple play package and my overall savings is about $30.00 per month. International rates are a little higher for the countries I call by 3cents per minute, but I only call out of the usa about 20minutes a month. | |
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ebubman
join:2002-01-17
Enola, PA
·Comcast
·Vonage
| bundled voip? no thanks #2!! umm, for those who did the comcast bundled triple plan, if i'm not mistaken it's possible that your price may rise @ the end of the term and also if i'm not mistaken, comcast has in miniscule print some nasty stuff about if you terminate one of the services (guess which one) prior to end of term. like casino gambling, this deal is weighted heavily in the dealer's favor. i for one cannot wait till the fios folks come to our neck of the woods. competition is a wonderful thing for consumers; monopolies, on the other hand, force the lowly & bothersome consumer to firmly grasp one's ankles..... | |
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Cable VoIP Prices Dropping?