 pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD | Not just too many VoIP providers... VoIP also competes with cellular providers in terms of being a cheap provider of "long-distance" phone calls. Most cell phone plans now include thousands of minutes and allow you to call anywhere within the USA. Unless someone doesn't have a cell phone, I don't see any reason for getting VoIP.
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| said by pnh102:VoIP also competes with cellular providers in terms of being a cheap provider of "long-distance" phone calls. Most cell phone plans now include thousands of minutes and allow you to call anywhere within the USA. Unless someone doesn't have a cell phone, I don't see any reason for getting VoIP. The primary reason, from a business perspective, is the elimination of billed local minutes. Cost savings can more than justify the leap to VoIP if the environment is right. From a residential perspective, I tend to agree with you, however VoIP's biggest impact will be in the business arena. |
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Actually, there is a very good reason for using VoIP, even if you have a cell phone. You get to use ordinary phones, and you don't have to worry about "dead zones", which, in my case, is my entire apartment.
There is also the fact that, within reason, you don't have to worry about usage, or what time you call. I love my cell phone, but I don't want to pay a premium just so I don't have to worry about whether it is 8:59 or 9:00 to call my family.
There are some down sides, such as network problems causing voice outages, but the benefits (IMHO) far outweigh them.
Of course, I willingly admit the main reason I signed up was because I was sick of paying "long distance" all the time because my apartment straddled the line between the 301 and 410 area codes. The pizza joint three blocks away was a long distance call.  |
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pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD | reply to wwdubbia
said by wwdubbia:however VoIP's biggest impact will be in the business arena. I agree. I can see a lot of businesses moving their landlines to VoIP service to save money on long distance and other toll calls. For them the 911 issue isn't as big of a deal as it would be for a residential user.
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| 911 is VERY important for business. They are required to provide 911 to their employees, and if they use a traditional VOIP provider, this is not a sure bet at the moment.
However, business are using (and will increasingly use) VOIP interally for routing interoffice calls across their own network (saving money by bypassing the telcos). |
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 DrTCPYours trulyPremium,ExMod 1999-04
join:1999-11-09
Round Rock, TX | They can keep a few lines of POTS connected to their PBX and the rest could be supplemented via cheaper VOIP lines. It still saves money when making long distance or International calls. |
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neftv
join:2000-10-01
Broomall, PA | reply to pnh102
Well its not quite affordable yet for non-profit. I got pricing for like 45 person business and the cost per Cisco phone is like 350. And for a small non-profit company that is still just to much. |
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 JammerMan79Premium,VIP
join:2004-05-13
Prince George, BC
kudos:10 | reply to pnh102
I'm just glad that in canada there is no such thing as local toll or local long distance calls |
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