JahsDisciple
Living my life like it's golden
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join:2007-07-07
Baltimore, MD | good idea
good idea, why is Jamaica never covered? |
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BK
join:2001-09-10
Wheaton, IL | not bad
seems pretty reasonable pricing too |
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TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
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join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
 ·Comcast
1 edit |  One gotcha in the offer
provides Comcast Digital Voice customers with 100 minutes to call landline phones Since so many users in other countries(up to 50% in many places) are now cell phone only, this feature of the offering really limits the value of the program.
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neko
All Hail Canada
Premium
join:2006-08-11
canada
 ·Callcentric
·Cogeco Cable
·Future Nine Corpor..
 ·TekSavvy Solutions..
| reply to BK
Re: not bad
said by BK  :seems pretty reasonable pricing too 0.05 cents a minute to the UK? No way is that good pricing; I currently pay 0.009 cents per minute. ISP's pricing of VOIP is way too expensive. Independant VOIP providers FTW.
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Dogfather
Premium
join:2007-12-26
Laguna Hills, CA
·Cox HSI
 ·Verizon FIOS
·Cox VOIP
·ViaTalk
·RoadRunner Cable
·MegaPath
·Verizon west (ex G..
·Time Warner VOIP
1 edit | Telcos need to get a clue
That the solution to their POTS bleeding isn't charging more for stupid crap like $7.50 for Caller ID, $1.50 to stay out of the phone book and "you didn't use enough long distance" fees.
But that will never happen and they'll continue to lose customers...deservedly so. |
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DJ_Kismuth
join:2001-11-25
Chicago, IL
| Yeah Right
Read the fine print in the press release: to LANDLINE phone only.
Since most people in other countries (and ours) primarily use CELL PHONES, this entire promotion is a joke.
Nothing beats POTS and 10-10 dial around numbers. Can't beat that reliability and clarity. |
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sansri88
Go digtal you analog laggards
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join:2005-12-17
New York, NY
clubs: 
·Comcast
| Doh!
No India...
Anyway, anyone see this part of the press release?
quote:
In addition to low-cost international calling plans, Comcast Digital Voice customers can benefit from a number of major enhancements, which will be integrated with Comcast’s video and high-speed Internet services and set to become available this year, including:
# Universal Caller ID - customers can view caller information on their phone, TV and PC.
About time we see Caller ID on TV.
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Comcast of NJ II sucks. Period.
25 HD channels compared to the average 32 or so. |
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DaveNJ
No Fear
join:1999-09-01
New Jersey | Will it take only 2 or 3 appointments ?
Alright thats great, but after you schedule the appointment will the tech actually come to install the equipment ? |
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Corydon
Cultivant son jardin
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join:2008-02-18
Denver, CO
clubs:
·Comcast
| reply to DJ_Kismuth
Re: Yeah Right
said by DJ_Kismuth :Read the fine print in the press release: to LANDLINE phone only. Since most people in other countries (and ours) primarily use CELL PHONES, this entire promotion is a joke. Nothing beats POTS and 10-10 dial around numbers. Can't beat that reliability and clarity. That's because in many countries, the calling party is charged extra to call a cell phone, unlike in the US where there's no distinction between calling a landline and calling a mobile.
You'll find that your long distance plan on your POTS phone probably has different per minute charges to many countries depending on whether you're calling a landline or a mobile, even if you use a 10-10 service.
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La Luna
Surviving Ashraful
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join:2001-07-12
Warwick, NY
clubs:
·Optimum Online
·Vonage
| Vonage
Vonage has FREE UNLIMITED calling to five European countries (the UK, Spain, Ireland, Italy and France) and Puerto Rico and Canada included with their Residential Unlimted plan. Landline, but most people have a landline in addition to a cell phone (those I call have both).
They also have unlimited plans for other international countries with different rates applied per month depending on which countries.
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jester121
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join:2003-08-09
Lake Zurich, IL | reply to sansri88
Re: Doh!
DirecTV. |
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benc
Premium
join:2007-06-17
Glen Carbon, IL
·Charter Pipeline
·Future Nine Corpor..
·Callcentric
·AT&T Midwest
| I'm NOT impressed
These plans are for only 100 minutes of talking in a month. After that, any minutes are charged at the regular international rates. The rates, by the way, are similar to that of AT&T.
What would impress me would have been unlimited calling to some foreign countries. |
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Ricci
join:2001-11-04
Tampa, FL | Too expensive.
They are charging 10c/min for Brazil. I pay 2c/min.
This is a joke. |
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jester121
Premium
join:2003-08-09
Lake Zurich, IL
 ·surpasshosting
·ViaTalk
| reply to DaveNJ
Re: Will it take only 2 or 3 appointments ?
In the interest of full time Comcast bashing, let's go ahead and mention that the contractor may kill a kid in the neighborhood driving drunk, light your garage on fire, or get hit by a hammer wielding granny.
Or, maybe they'll show up and install everything and it will work. Who knows!
Waiting for someone to mention that the service has caps.... |
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sansri88
Go digtal you analog laggards
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join:2005-12-17
New York, NY
clubs: | reply to jester121
Re: Doh!
LOS issues. |
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jester121
Premium
join:2003-08-09
Lake Zurich, IL
·surpasshosting
·ViaTalk
| Oh. By "we" in your original post I thought you meant "society as a whole", not your household. 
DirecTV has had TV Caller ID on screen for years, if you take the trouble to plug in a phone line. |
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Ebolla
join:2005-09-28
Dracut, MA
1 edit | reply to Dogfather
Re: Telcos need to get a clue
the "stay out of book fee" is charged by the company that owns local phone book not the phone provider and the charges are passed on as it is the person requesting it not the provider. |
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MadMANN
Premium
join:2005-08-19
·Comcast
| reply to neko
Re: not bad
said by neko :Independant VOIP providers FTW. As long as you don't mind your calls traveling over the public internet. |
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kapil
The Kapil
join:2000-04-26
Chicago, IL
| reply to sansri88
Re: Doh!
Yes, India is never included in any of these "unlimited to asia" plans. Since I know first hand that the wholesale cost to India is essentially the same as the cost to call other "asian" nations like China and Japan...I must conclude that this happens because the average American just needs better geography lessons.
For the "America is the greatest country on earth" crowd - No, India is NOT the "middle east". ...and why is it middle "east" to begin with. It's the middle...otherwise it would be called the east or the west.
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moonpuppy
join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD
·Verizon Online DSL
| said by kapil :Yes, India is never included in any of these "unlimited to asia" plans. Since I know first hand that the wholesale cost to India is essentially the same as the cost to call other "asian" nations like China and Japan...I must conclude that this happens because the average American just needs better geography lessons. For the "America is the greatest country on earth" crowd - No, India is NOT the "middle east". ...and why is it middle "east" to begin with. It's the middle...otherwise it would be called the east or the west. It is not that at all. Sometimes companies just want to charge extra for popular things.
When I did work in the travel industry, my agency had a contract by an american airline to South America. Funny thing is they didn't want to give use better commissions to Lima, Peru because "it was not in South America." The reality was that was a popular destination and they wanted to charge more. |
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