Matt
Take me down to the paradise city
Premium
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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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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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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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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ronpin
Imagine Reality
join:2002-12-06
Nirvana
·AT&T Southwest
| reply to BF69
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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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
I said it first  |
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texans20
Weapons of Masturbation
Premium
join:2002-09-28
Texas!
clubs:
| reply to jagged
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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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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Surfinusa
Premium
join:2001-02-08 | reply to BF69
Re: Cable VoIP not any better.
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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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
1 edit | reply to Matt
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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Michieru2
zzz zzz zzz
Premium
join:2005-01-28
Miami, FL | reply to odreian615
Re: Comcast and TWC will gobble up Vonage
You mean Embarq |
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comcast_customer
@raf.com | reply to odreian615
after that excuse for an IPO Vonage had, I'd say you aren't far from the truth. |
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IanR
join:2001-03-22
Madison, NJ
1 edit | reply to Surfinusa
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
| 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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n2jtx
join:2001-01-13
Glen Head, NY
 ·Optimum Online
| reply to en102
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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Jerm
join:2000-04-10
Richland, WA
| reply to ronpin
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
| '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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America has been hijacked by selfish nationalist corporate pigs. The whole world hates us now. Have a nice day. |
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xrobertcmx
Premium
join:2001-06-18
Sterling, VA
clubs: | reply to texans20
Re: The Walmart tactic
I've heard that before...Cell Phones, Broadband, Television. It doesn't happen.
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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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