| Works both ways I also recall a regional bank here called Nations Bank started charging $1.00 for deposit slips if you used the slips from the counter. It was a huge failure and the plan backfired. Ma-Bell nickel and dime-ed everyone for services like caller ID and touch tone dialing and along came VoIP to set things right. |
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Ma-Bell nickel and dime-ed everyone for services like caller ID and touch tone dialing and along came VoIP to set things right.
HAhahahahahaha. Along came VOIP to set things right??? Are you kidding or drunk? |
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 DaveDudeNo Fear
join:1999-09-01
New Jersey
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Ma-Bell nickel and dime-ed everyone for services like caller ID and touch tone dialing and along came VoIP to set things right.
HAhahahahahaha. Along came VOIP to set things right??? Are you kidding or drunk? Cable Voip, certainly put a dent in mabell. So did Vonage, etc. |
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said by Pictor Guy:I also recall a regional bank here called Nations Bank started charging $1.00 for deposit slips if you used the slips from the counter. It was a huge failure and the plan backfired. Ma-Bell nickel and dime-ed everyone for services like caller ID and touch tone dialing and along came VoIP to set things right. Nations Bank became Bank of America and they were known as the king of fees. |
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Cable Telephony OK. But that's not exactly VoIP from what I understand. But I highly doubt the ILECs ever took Vonage seriously; especially now that you can get phone service through both the phone and cable companies.
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 Noah VailSon made my AvatarPremium
join:2004-12-10
Lorton, VA
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said by BillTager:HAhahahahahaha. Along came VOIP to set things right??? Are you kidding or drunk? VoIP is setting things right.
I got to ditch Big Bell.
I have a bizillion options on my phone and they all work.
My phone guys are cool techno-geeks.
My final bill is under $16/mo w/200 longdist and is never down.
VoicePulse is capitalism at it's finest.
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RadioDoc58ef2c0Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11 | reply to BillTager
Oh, let him wallow in his fantasyland. It helps ease the pain of dealing with reality.
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axus
join:2001-06-18
Washington, DC Reviews:
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I've never been hit by any fees while using my checking and savings account at Bank of America. I rarely go to the bank, when I do its for deposits. They never charged me for using their deposit slips, they have a big stack of them by the entrance.
They are horrible about issuing new debit cards though... their associates "lost" them 3 times so they could get a bonus for signing me up for a new one each time. |
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 MizzatWill post for thumbsPremium
join:2003-05-03
Atlanta, GA
kudos:1
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said by DaveDude:said by BillTager: quote:
Ma-Bell nickel and dime-ed everyone for services like caller ID and touch tone dialing and along came VoIP to set things right.
HAhahahahahaha. Along came VOIP to set things right??? Are you kidding or drunk? Cable Voip, certainly put a dent in mabell. So did Vonage, etc. Where do you think Cable VoIP gets thier phone service from? |
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| From LD and local providers via trunks. They don't actual have lines like residential customers do. Comparing POTs to intreconnecting trunks is different. I am glad I got rid of my POTs |
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DaveDudeNo Fear
join:1999-09-01
New Jersey
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said by Mizzat:Where do you think Cable VoIP gets thier phone service from? irrelevant, we are talking price, and options. Who cares how its works. Plus I am sure calls terminate within Comcast, cablevision,etc without ever hitting the bell network. |
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Verizon didn't offer their Freedom packages until companies like Vonage started offering flat rates for local and long distance calling bundled with CID and other features. Today cable telephony providers may be a bigger threat but it started with VoIP. In the enterprise VoIP is still a huge player as well. |
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join:2003-11-11
Philly burbs
kudos:1 | reply to moonpuppy
I haven't done direct business with a bank for over 10 years now.
I belong to a large local credit union, and I couldn't be happier. Good rates on loans, credit cards, and savings.
Free on line bill pay, free checking, free ATM card and debit card.
And, when I'm a few days late on the loan payment, they don't care. Never been assessed a late fee, or a fee to talk to someone.
Used to be you had to belong to a certain group to join, now you just have to be in the general geographic area.
I believe the phrase they used on their pamphlet was "if you live, work, worship, or go to school in XXX county, you're eligible to join'.
I highly recommend anyone check out their local credit union...
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 dvd536as Mr. Pink as they comePremium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
kudos:4 | reply to BillTager
said by BillTager: quote:
Ma-Bell nickel and dime-ed everyone for services like caller ID and touch tone dialing and along came VoIP to set things right.
HAhahahahahaha. Along came VOIP to set things right??? Are you kidding or drunk? Well it started out right then came all the bullshit fees people were leaving their landlines for.
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jayton
join:2003-12-16
Jefferson, GA | reply to Pictor Guy
said by Pictor Guy:I also recall a regional bank here called Nations Bank started charging $1.00 for deposit slips if you used the slips from the counter. It was a huge failure and the plan backfired. Ma-Bell nickel and dime-ed everyone for services like caller ID and touch tone dialing and along came VoIP to set things right. That is the exact reason why I dumped my relationship with Nations Bank and I will never be a customer of Bank of America. Even though Bank of America may or may not have that same policy, I have a 9 year relationship with my new bank which is a Credit Union. |
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It sounds like you are the one who is kidding.
I got rid of my long distance setup for my landline and the monthly bill went from $38 to $22.
I use a pay as you go voip account - 2 cents/minute outbound, 1.5 cents/minute inbound, and pay far less per month for my long distance calls than I paid just for the long distance setup fee, $16 per month, that I paid on the landline. |
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chuckkk
join:2001-11-10
Warner Robins, GA | reply to N3OGH
Our local credit union is good for loans, and bad for general banking. |
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Cable modem not VoIP? It sure IS VoIP, but with one important difference -- the calls travel on the internal network of the cable company, not over the internet, so the cable company can control the quality. So, quality is likely to be better (or at least more consistent.) With "normal" VoIP, you have no control over the internet.
Sometimes the quality is good, sometimes it is not. |
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