jmn1207
Premium
join:2000-07-19
Reston, VA
 ·Verizon FIOS
| Interesting
Phone, email, internet, global address book: it sounds like a smartphone that only works around your house. Just like the iPhone, but you can't take it with you. Now they just need to let customers purchase and listen to music on the new device to make it complete.  |
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Chuckles
Premium
join:2006-03-04
Saint Paul, MN | Triple play customers already have "normal" internet access why would they want "light" internet access on their phone? |
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tshirt
Premium,MVM
join:2004-07-11
Snohomish, WA
 ·Comcast
1 edit | maybe to check your non-comcast email from bed?
Or to look up a recipe, while hubby and the kids are hogging all the other computers.
I wouldn't need it but some might.
Why did people pay for the "princess" phone? (back in the day  ) |
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ninjatutle
Premium
join:2006-01-02
San Ramon, CA | hmmm
this would have been cool 10 years ago. |
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knightmb
Everybody Lies
join:2003-12-01
Franklin, TN
 ·AT&T DSL Service
| said by ninjatutle  :this would have been cool 10 years ago. Yeah, Welcome to 2001, Vonage and many others for that matter already offered this years ago.
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TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
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join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
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·Comcast
| reply to jmn1207
Re: Interesting
said by jmn1207 :Phone, email, internet, global address book: it sounds like a smartphone that only works around your house. Just like the iPhone, but you can't take it with you. Now they just need to let customers purchase and listen to music on the new device to make it complete. If you already have a mobile smartphone(with WiFi), you can already do everything in the home this phone does without paying Comcast anything more than you are already.
The only market that I could see being even a tiny bit interested would be some people with no cellphone data plans and looking for a cheap somewhat smartphone for home use only. It looks like a device in search of a customer that would want it, instead of the other way around.
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JSRoman
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join:2005-03-10
Callahan, FL
1 edit | Here is what it looks like up close.
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jmn1207
Premium
join:2000-07-19
Reston, VA
·Verizon FIOS
1 edit | reply to TKJunkMail
Re: Interesting
said by TKJunkMail : It looks like a device in search of a customer that would want it, instead of the other way around. That is a great way to put it.
"If you build it, they will buy it...hopefully."
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VZ
@verizon.net | reply to Chuckles
Isn't Comcast's internet already "light" enough?  |
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Chris in Miami
@comcast.net
| Triple Play is out
My $99 Triple Play (Phone Internet TV) is no longer available unless I pay $139, so I am going to go back to Bell/ATT or possibly Dish Network.
This almost smart phone is a drag. Who wants landline phone anyway? I need it to open the gates at my community, otherwise I would just use my mobile 24/7. |
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Kearnstd
Elf Wizard
Premium
join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ
| its basicly CDV Self Install Kit.
which is just what we dont need, people already have enough trouble setting up their own cable modem.
Hopefully the Deployments are only allowed to areas that have minimal RF related trouble calls, because one of the biggest reasons to need a tech for CDV was to check the RF.
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phirephoto
join:2000-01-26
Fremont, CA
| reply to Chris in Miami
Re: Triple Play is out
said by Chris in Miami :
My $99 Triple Play (Phone Internet TV) is no longer available unless I pay $139, so I am going to go back to Bell/ATT or possibly Dish Network.
This almost smart phone is a drag. Who wants landline phone anyway? I need it to open the gates at my community, otherwise I would just use my mobile 24/7.
Your community can't link to a cell phone? My g/f works for a gated apartment community, and AFAIK, they can link the phones to a cell phone (although it's not a gate really, it's the 'doorbell' type phone at the outside of each complex... |
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Eat Me
join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ
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| reply to Chuckles
Re: Interesting
said by Chuckles :Triple play customers already have "normal" internet access why would they want "light" internet access on their phone? Sometimes it's nice not to have to lug around a laptop. |
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o_O
@swbell.net
| What about caps?
So... is it a VoIP phone or a wireless (cellular?) phone? If it is a VoIP phone then I am assuming you will need internet service with them... and if that's the case then what about caps? Will it count against caps or not? Where's that pesky net neutrality law when you need it. |
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slimpickinz
join:2003-11-29
Conyers, GA
| reply to VZ
Re: Interesting
Slow motion |
hmmmmm.... |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO | reply to o_O
Re: What about caps?
Comcast Digital Voice. Not sure about internet connectivity, but the phone itself would be runing over a dedicated-to-voice cable channel. |
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firehawk618
join:2003-05-29 | reply to slimpickinz
Re: Interesting
said by slimpickinz :Light? hmmmmm.... Powerboost? |
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jmn1207
Premium
join:2000-07-19
Reston, VA
·Verizon FIOS
| reply to slimpickinz
said by slimpickinz :Light? hmmmmm.... For short bursts, such as speed tests, it looks good...if only for downloads. Time a 1GB file and let me know how long it takes to download. If you try to upload a 1GB file, let us know how it went tomorrow morning, if it's finished. 
Consistency is what I prefer. I always know what to expect. The best thing is that my bill is lower now with FiOS 50/20 ($90) and I have much better picture quality with more TV channels, especially HD channels. ($88 includes all channels, including all premium movie channels)
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anon007
@mindspring.com
| Video Conversation?
Now if the service had video conversation this would be a breakthrough, but why would anyone want to pay more for something they get over the internet that they already paying for it just dumb. Well let just say video conversation between Comcrap costumer at less it would be a better service. |
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fiberguy
My views are my own.
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join:2005-05-20 | reply to phirephoto
Re: Triple Play is out
It depends on the system they use. Some actually tap into the hard wires of the phone lines to send the tone back, some do not. Some communities simply have a policy against cell phones for security reasons. |
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