Verizon VoIP > Who cares

Who cares

I care.

Competition is a good thing.
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But where does the meat go?

reply to Lord Pancake
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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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.

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!

reply to Lord Pancake
You obviously care enough to make a useless post about it.
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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.

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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said by GNXPower:

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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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No they wouldn't. It's certainly not stopping Broadvoice, Vonage, VoicePulse, Packet8 and others from getting customers. You add that with the perceived reliability of the Verizon name and they'll have no problem attracting custoemrs (especially if they ditch the POTS requirement for DSL).
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But isn't reliability needed to match the kind of availability you get with POTS-provided 911 service? I'm not trying to be sarcastic, I am seriously wondering. The main selling point of POTS is that 911 always works, even during a power outage or other major disaster. Unless the underlaying broadband connection is as rock-solid, VOIP cannot sell 911 on that kind of promise.

One alternative for Verizon would be to include the POTS line at no extra charge (or for $5 a month or some other obscenely cheap rate). Give it as freebie for DSL customers.
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If the customer is using their DSL as the broadband source, it would be utilizing the same physical infrastructure as the traditional POTS. So yes, that signal will be there no matter what*.

And on the second part, if the Verizon VoIP customer is not using the Verizon network (DSL line) for the broadband connection, there is no way to give the customer a traditional "backup" POTS line. (unless you try to work something out with the local ILEC, but good luck!)

* barring any unforseen circumstances, 99.99% network reliability.

reply to SquareSlinky
I concur. At 15 bucks a month, you just can't beat it. Not to mention you get extra geeks points for having it.

reply to pnh102
Well POTS doesn't always work. During the last big N.E. power outtage for instance, phones went dead too. Plus add to that the fact that the vast majority of todays telephones are so fully featured they require 110V service anyway.

9-1-1 in and of itself isn't selling POTS. It's the lack of an alternative that is selling POTS.
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