Transmaster
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Cheyenne, WY
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1 edit | I wonder when
one of these cable outfits is going to purchase the carcass of Vonage for their customer base. I know if I was the people running Vonage and I got an offer to get me out from under the litigation I would take it.
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Matt
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| said by Transmaster  :one of these cable outfits is going to purchase the carcass of Vonage for their customer base. I know if I was the people running Vonage and I got an offer to get me out from under the litigation I would take it. Would be very hard to do, since the Cable Co's use QoS from the cable modem they install over THEIR network.
So if Time Warner wanted to buy a customer from Vonage who used Comcast, they couldn't control the priority of traffic across the Comcast network.
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ninjatutle
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San Ramon, CA | .
And how many of those newly VOIP customers ditches the service after a few months seeings its not for them? |
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Gilitar
join:2000-11-20
Mobile, AL | Cable dominates (exception: Mediacom)
This story is probably true unless your talking about a Mediacom market. Here in Mobile, AL they aren't deploying to new developments.
SOMEONE please buy Mediacom! It seems they are too cash strapped to do any new deployments.
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Doubledee32
join:2002-06-20
Charlotte, NC | reply to ninjatutle
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I don't think the turnover is quite high, I've had mine now for almost three years(Callvantage) and don't ever plan on going back to a landline. Sure there are hiccups at times but overall the cost savings is worth it. |
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TKJunkMail
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said by ninjatutle :And how many of those newly VOIP customers ditches the service after a few months seeings its not for them? Not too many, given that cable's net VOIP numbers are continuing to explode.
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Cod
join:2000-07-05
Greensboro, NC
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Re: Cable dominates (exception: Mediacom)
said by Gilitar :This story is probably true unless your talking about a Mediacom market. Here in Mobile, AL they aren't deploying to new developments. SOMEONE please buy Mediacom! It seems they are too cash strapped to do any new deployments. /rant In Mobile city limits its mainly, if not mostly, Comcast with Medicom getting the rural and outskirts of the city...I used to live off of Dawes Rd and had both in my neighborhood- |
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Vertickle
join:2003-08-05
Madison, AL
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said by Gilitar :This story is probably true unless your talking about a Mediacom market. Here in Mobile, AL they aren't deploying to new developments. SOMEONE please buy Mediacom! It seems they are too cash strapped to do any new deployments. /rant It could be worse... You could be stuck with Knology!  |
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odreian615
join:2006-01-18
Chicago, IL | Maybe its just here but Comcast VOIP sucks (NW Chicago)
Everyone I know say it dropps calls and have alot of static I believe them cause every now and then I get the green interference blocks on my Comcast cable especially when it storms |
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phxmark
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join:2000-12-27
Glendale, AZ | Oh great...
...announce to Verizon so they have another target. |
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NYC Girl
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Bronx, NY |  reply to ninjatutle
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Not me, mine works great from TWC. |
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ColorBASIC
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join:2006-12-29
Corona, CA | And telcos STILL pile on the junk fees
They think that will help their situation? |
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xrobertcmx
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Sterling, VA
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Isn't Callvantage AT&T, and didn't AT&T just tell everyone you've got 30 days?
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Tulsa, OK
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| The simple reason Cable beats Telco on VOIP
There's a very simple reason why Cable Internet users are willing to get VOIP while most Telco broadband customers don't.
And that is:
MOST Telco customers (DSL variants) are forced to pay for a POTS line in order to get DSL. It's hard for a consumer to justify the additional expense of a VOIP service when they "already" pay for a telephone line.
Should Telco's ever allow people to drop the POTS line (Don't count on it) and just get Broadband internet, then you'd see a demand for VOIP services among those customers grow substantially.
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