djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA
 ·PHONE POWER
 ·AT&T U-Verse
·AT&T CallVantage
·Time Warner VOIP
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to reelbigfish
Re: Fantastic service
Yup. We need the equivalent of a "lite" tier for phone service. Some of us don't need "unlimited" long distance calling.
Something like a 1000 minutes with basic call features (Caller ID/Call Waiting/etc) for $14/month would be perfect.
If they offer something like that, they will pick up a sh*t ton of customers who primarily use their cell phone but want a landline around for occasional calls or faxing.
Time Warner offers a form of lite tier here in CA called "California Unlimited". Factoring in triple-play discounts it works out to $24.95/mo. Its a much better deal than POTS, but still a bit pricier than I'd like.
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
·RoadRunner Cable
 ·DSL EXTREME
| I agree... Comcast (at least when it was here in Santa Clarita), cleared out the 'low' end products on cable, and made it uncompetitive.
I would have liked to see it 'more' competitive with the likes of Vonage/CallVantage. T-Mobile's UMA service is the way I'd like to see things go... 1 phone for wireless/home.
»www.3gamericas.org/English/news_···08&s=ENG
Or use something 'cheap' like Skypeout for calling, and a basic POTS line ($10/month) for incoming. Its annoying having separate lines for incoming/outgoing. |
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djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA
·PHONE POWER
·AT&T U-Verse
·AT&T CallVantage
·Time Warner VOIP
·RoadRunner Cable
| Yeah I really, really like the T-mobile UMA concept.
For now I do a ghetto-backwards version of "find me", I have my cell phone's "busy forwarding" number set to my landline. What that actually does is forward the call only when I press the hangup button while ringing. That way I can easily "transfer" the incoming call to my landline if I'm home.
If I *don't* presss the hangup button the call still goes to my cell's voicemail.
This works for me since my cell has a good enough signal for the call to get through, its just hard to hold conversations reliably.
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
·RoadRunner Cable
·DSL EXTREME
1 edit | I've got too many phone lines:
1. POTS unlimited ($45/month)
2. AT&T cellphone plan - 2 lines ($60/month after taxes)
3. Work Nextel line (+3000 minutes/month Blackberry 7100i)
4. Skypeout ($15/year).
When my DSL and DirecTv contracts are up, I'll probably shed the POTS unlimited as well, and 'may' go Uverse TV / DSL and CallVantage (POTS not required for Uverse) to save a bit.
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S_engineer
join:2007-05-16
Chicago, IL
·Comcast
| Looks like the east and west coast are covered nicely, too bad Comcast is at best, erratic in the mid west. I would love to get rid of my landline but it is, where I live, the only reliable source of voice communication.
Comcast has signal issues that change on a block by block basis. And since they haven't yet fulfilled their obligations for internet and cable service, why would I try their voice?
This is widely known throughout Chicago!
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