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Old_Grouch
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reply to Camelot One

Re: What is the point?

said by Camelot One:

I don't get it, why would anyone pay $40 a month for VoIP service?
Seems that they'd offer it for free. If you take U-Verse voice, telly and internet aren't you completely out of the local (state) telecom tariff?
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Not sure how Indy works, but given that the cable companies are basically giving away voice through discounts, you'd think the telco's would give away video.

I don't think the telco's can give away video...but I do think the cable companies can give away voice. Video value comes at a cost, from the provider (studios, networks). Voice value comes at a cost, free, from the provider, the person you are talking too. Cellular companies have sort of capitalized on that by charging both parties, generally.

Think about how you can profit based on the cost.

I'm guessing the least cost route if the telephone customer that doesn't pay to receive calls if it doesn't cost the provider to terminate the call. Video is certainly driven in a large part by the video providers. How do the access providers drive the video distribution down in the same way that itunes did to the more boring part of the music industry?

said by Old_Grouch:

said by Camelot One:

I don't get it, why would anyone pay $40 a month for VoIP service?
Seems that they'd offer it for free. If you take U-Verse voice, telly and internet aren't you completely out of the local (state) telecom tariff?

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