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Rawwwwrrr
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join:2002-06-07
Lexington, KY | Oh yippie...
Dot-Com burst 2.0.... |
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qos1
join:2003-09-19
Beverly Hills, CA | Headline Typo?? 1,1000 headline had me thinking??? |
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Transmaster
Don't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
join:2001-06-20
Cheyenne, WY
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which why I will not touch VoIP for now. Qwest is going to offer it to residential customers later this year I might, and I mean might, consider it then. |
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kaila
join:2000-10-11
Lincolnshire, IL
clubs:  | But how many are really just resellers?
There could be dozens of turnkey operators simply re-badging a single VoIP outfits service. In which case if that single underlying VoIP provider goes *poof*, so goes all the resellers. |
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SupremeCheddar
@cable.rogers
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It's more likely that many of these VOIP providers will merge (successful providers will buy the assets of less successful ones) over time, rather than drop like flies. Businesses of this nature with $100,000's+ in assets don't just fail and disappear contrary to what you might hear, they just get absorbed by more profitable and larger ones. |
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BillRoland
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join:2001-01-21
Ocala, FL
clubs: | My pick
Broadvox Direct gets my vote as one that will probably be one of the first to go.
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72276539
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join:2001-01-19
Atlanta, GA
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Re: Drop like flies?
said by SupremeCheddar:
It's more likely that many of these VOIP providers will merge (successful providers will buy the assets of less successful ones) over time, rather than drop like flies. Businesses of this nature with $100,000's+ in assets don't just fail and disappear contrary to what you might hear, they just get absorbed by more profitable and larger ones.
Who said all of them had 100,000+ in assets or that all of them will merge. 
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VOIP bursted bubble
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Re: Oh yippie...
Yes, some providers will fall by the wayside if they can't get big enough... but I hope that a 1-2 dozen survive intact as they are now, with improved service at a lower total cost. Incumbants like verzion will have to see the light sooner or later with repect to voip.. you can't dangle that bandwidth in from of them (15megabits) and deny access to other providers in your AUP, its just stupid as building a 100billion dollar fiber network only to hand cusotmers over to a cable triple play.. you have to compete on the 'apples' to 'apples' products.. your broadband is better without these namby pampby little 'gotyas' because if you enforce them, you will lose a customer COMPLETELY to your competition: ie bad idea #1. The better thing to do is come out with a $35 voip plan that is comparable to your POTS with highlighted QOS on par with other VOIP providers. The POTS service will go by the wayside and I've heard technition that predict that if the fiber rollout reaches a certain percentage, 2/3, 3/4 majority of homes pased, the copper comes down. And the pots network equipment is sold off... In my book, no one will want to pay taxes and fees associated with a fiber POTS if they dont' get the benefit of having POWER guaranteed on that line.. so, like it or not your billing need to reflect this new reality or your fiber rollout will stall while in its preliminary stages.. VOIP providers like sunrocket are 1/3 the price of a verizon freezom package at $16 a month (no taxes/surcharges) compared to $45 for pots unlimited with less features, no voicemail) The best thing Verizon can do is fix their voice pricing BEFORE they try to sell video to customers or your facing a public relations nightmere by forcing your customers into the arms of the competition. Because some people aren't as smart as me and know that services delivered over fiber are (currently) better than hybrid coax, but not competitively priced they will chose a $100 triple play over a $165-200 one based upon:
44.95 15/2 broadband
72.00 POTS over fiber (minimum freedum unlimited plus taxes and fees)
Now add on video, and you see where i'm going with this idea..... $5 dollar discounts went out with the voip bathwater... |
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JonR800
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join:2003-08-06
Farmington, MI | Improved service.. lower total cost... har har har |
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Freezone
join:2000-09-29
Southfield, MI | VOIP will be like e-mail
It will not be long before VOIP will be expected of your isp like e-mail is. In many cases voip is a lower bandwidth app than e-mail.
Seems like all the major isp offer voip or have plans to offer it. |
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