Lord Pancake
join:2003-09-30
West Milton, OH | Who cares
More useless crap I could care less about. |
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klamer
join:2000-06-09
Fort Worth, TX | I care.
Competition is a good thing.
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hescominsoon
join:2003-02-18
Brunswick, MD
 ·Comcast
 ·Verizon Online DSL
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unless they undercut current viop providers or truly unbundle dsl...getting viop from vz right now jsut does ont make sense. I have a landline with them witht he freedom package(rural area..ell coverage not good to non-existant) and dsl...unless they want to drop my vz freedom plan at 40 something a month and make my dsl stay at 30/month and add less than 40/month for voip there is on reason to do it..at least not for me.
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ooluser
@optonline.net
| 911 Emergency
Let's hope the prices are below or around the prices of Vonage and other VOIP services. If they provide the same features, and offer RELIABLE 911 Emergency service then it would be good. Right now the only thing I don't like about VOIP is the fact that if I were to need 911 it might not work. If Verizon can figure things out with this, I see VOIP as a much better service then traditional copper POTS service.
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FuchYoo
@attbi.com
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pnh102 
thumbs down from:
klamer
| Another stupid Verizon thread?
The DSL deployment was a joke and so will VOIP! It doesn't matter to me because Verizon refuses to invest and roll out services! How are they going to push this with nonexistant equipment? Have you tryed to get DSL lately? |
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DonLibes
Premium,ExMod 2001
join:2003-01-19 | reply to hescominsoon
Re: Who cares
But it is aimed at others - like me. I have no home phone or VoIP - but I'm not quite happy with my unreliable cellular service. I'd consider VoIP if the price was right as a supplement to my cellular service. |
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
Premium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD
·Comcast
| reply to FuchYoo
Re: Another stupid Verizon thread?
said by FuchYoo:
How are they going to push this with nonexistant equipment? Have you tryed to get DSL lately?
Exactly... is Verizon even relevant anymore these days?
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
Premium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ | Why bother? if you got verizon, you are already paying the BS/junk fees. theres nothing to get away from.
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SquareSlinky
Premium
join:2004-05-25
Tampa, FL | reply to DonLibes
Re: Who cares
You can get reliable VOIP now with Vonage. I have had it a year and it works great. And they keep lowering the price for it! |
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DaveNJ
No Fear
join:1999-09-01
New Jersey | even free no thanks
Verizon has upset me as a customer so bad i will never go back, even if it cost less. |
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Tekkanano
Premium
join:2002-03-02
Alexandria, VA | fiber is good 4 u
I want my fiber... |
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GNXPower
Got Boost?
Premium
join:2003-12-18
Huntington Beach, CA | reply to Lord Pancake
Re: Who cares
You obviously care enough to make a useless post about it.
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Lord Pancake
join:2003-09-30
West Milton, OH | Well, all I hear is crap about VoIP this, VoIP that. And it doesn't apply to very many people. Especially the common internet/phone user. |
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GNXPower
Got Boost?
Premium
join:2003-12-18
Huntington Beach, CA
| reply to FuchYoo
Re: Another stupid Verizon thread?
said by FuchYoo:
The DSL deployment was a joke and so will VOIP! It doesn't matter to me because Verizon refuses to invest and roll out services! How are they going to push this with nonexistant equipment? Have you tryed to get DSL lately?
Yeah, I "TRYED" to get DSL and had no problem getting it. It would be a nice change to ditch POTS for dry pair DSL and VoIP. I run both VOL and Comcrap and if I just used it for surfing, playing games adn occasional downloads, my $30 DSL would do just as well (actually better because of the unlimited use and freebees) as my $45 Comcrap service. Dropping the POTS requirement and offering VoIP makes their already attractive DSL products more so.
Don't like DSL, stick with Comcrap.
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GNXPower
Got Boost?
Premium
join:2003-12-18
Huntington Beach, CA
1 edit | reply to Lord Pancake
Re: Who cares
It applies enough that Vonage is able to sell retail kits at Radio Shack, Circuit City, Amazon and Best Buy. It obviosly applies enough that the incumbants are rushing to come up with VoIP solutions of their own.
VoIP is going to revolutionize home communications just like cheap digital cellular did for mobile communications. I use Broadvoice and Vonage, and both suit me just fine. If Verizon gets into the mix and can provide a better 9-1-1 solution, it will attract even more people.
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TamaraB
Question The Current Paradigm
Premium
join:2000-11-08
Brooklyn NYC
·Verizon Online DSL
| reply to GNXPower
Re: Another stupid Verizon thread?
said by GNXPower :
It would be a nice change to ditch POTS for dry pair DSL and VoIP.
There was a thread here recently about »Naked DSL based in part on this article: »news.com.com/Verizon+to+offer+'n···095.html
I will be trying to remove my POTS service soon now that I have dsl on the copper.
Bob
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TrustedZero
join:2001-08-25
Claremont, CA | Verizon
I would definitely go with their VoIp if they allowed you to escape from your landline and it cheaper. |
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
Premium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD
·Comcast
| reply to GNXPower
Re: Another stupid Verizon thread?
said by GNXPower :
Yeah, I "TRYED" to get DSL and had no problem getting it.
But most everyone in the old Bell Atlantic territory have also tried to get DSL but to no avail. Verizon has done nothing to make DSL available to us. In my state its been nearly 6 years since Verizon first started selling DSL (if you lived within a foot of the CO) but since then they have done nothing to expand their service areas at all. I think you just got lucky because you were in the old GTE territory.
Meanwhile, Comcast and most other cable companies serving Penna. customers have made broadband available.
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
Premium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD
·Comcast
| reply to TamaraB
said by TamaraB :
I will be trying to remove my POTS service soon now that I have dsl on the copper.
Good luck. I doubt Verizon is going to make it easy for you to ditch POTS without screwing up your DSL service in some way.
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
Premium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD
·Comcast
| reply to GNXPower
Re: Who cares
said by GNXPower :
If Verizon gets into the mix and can provide a better 9-1-1 solution, it will attract even more people.
Verizon would need to provide a rock-solid network connection at a low cost for that to happen. They can do it if they wanted to, the question is will they.
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