La Luna
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Warwick, NY
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Re: Evolution of the VoIP market?
said by fiberguy  :It amazes me how people love their VoIP service at $24 a month or $199 for two years. They love to save all this money and claim that other VoIP and POTS services are too expensive (usually $15 more a month)... However, they remain shocked or angered when their companies are starting to fold. This should be a lesson to people that phone service just can't be sold for $24 a month or less. Enjoy the savings now and just be ready to come back to the real world of telephone service. This is what a savings of $15 gets people... no dial tome. My attitude is eat out at McDonalds one less time and put that towards reliable phone service from a company you know will be there tomorrow. Undercutting the competition will/can only last for so long. There's also one other thing these guys forget.. in order to undercut AND stay in business for long, they need to also offer a service that is equal or superior to the very people they are trying to undercut - so far, they haven't. ... Line 'em up! Who's next? A landline for "$15" more a month?? LOL, what world would that be in? Bare bones local telco landline here is $40 a month BEFORE anything is added on, like taxes, fees (which brings it up to about $60), and oh yeah, actual CALLS. Yep, that's a real bargain. Double what I'm paying for Vonage unlimited calling (including Europe) without even picking up the phone. Yes, I'd love to go back to those $200 and up monthly phone bills just for calling "long distance" to the next town over. 
If telcos actually were competitive with (not to mention truthful about) their REAL WORLD pricing, they might actually lure a few people back from VoIP. Until then, assuming a good, solid cable/dsl connection, good service with a RELIABLE VoIP company (not a private player and month to month only) will always win out. If something should happen to Vonage down the road, I'll be switching to my ISP's VoIP service.
It will be a cold day in hell before I pay a telco's exorbitant rates again.
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bmfan
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Saint Helen, MI
1 edit | hmm my phone service is 13 dollars a month.. including my dsl and all the fees its 43 dollars a month |
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dogo88
join:2001-09-24
Old Bridge, NJ | reply to La Luna
I don't know what part of NJ you live in but i only pay about $60 for unlimited POTS. A simple, no frills, line is much less. Last time I looked(less than a year ago) a no frills line is less that $30 a month. |
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TKJunkMail
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| said by dogo88 :I don't know what part of NJ you live in but i only pay about $60 for unlimited POTS. A simple, no frills, line is much less. Last time I looked(less than a year ago) a no frills line is less that $30 a month. I pay $40/mo for unlimited minutes local, state and long distance calling in US from Verizon. And they now have that same pkg for $30/mo with fewer add-ons(only 3 allowed).
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dodgetech2
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said by dogo88 :I don't know what part of NJ you live in but i only pay about $60 for unlimited POTS. A simple, no frills, line is much less. Last time I looked(less than a year ago) a no frills line is less that $30 a month. But why would anyone pay $30.00 for a "no frills' line when they can get a full featured unlimited calling line for the same money?
So at @60.00 a month, you pay twice what I pay...for the same thing, or $360.00 a year more....and my 911 works just fine....
Thats not my idea of a good deal. |
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dogo88
join:2001-09-24
Old Bridge, NJ
| Vonage may be wonderful for you and that's ok. Me on the other hand want a reliable, always on system that I can hear the other person on the line clearly. I've always gotten that from my POTS service. Downtime over the past 30+ years is maybe once or twice.
Vonage service around here is not on the same level and I'm willing to pay more for what I feel is better service. Plus try to leave Vonage. The stories are legend on this board. |
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fiberguy
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I LOVE the entertainment this forum provides me when people come here and try to have a world wide / national discussion and then use local world examples.
YOU LIVE IN SOME OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE PARTS OF THE WORLD!!
Did I say that loud enough?? Much of the country can get a land line for about $15 or so a month.. some will pay less, some will pay more.
Why bother...
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