usa2k
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join:2003-01-26
Canton, MI
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 ·VOIPo
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Re: [VoiceStick] Well I am back and in charge of VoiceStick
said by BruceN  :That goes to show you that 3 sets of eyes cannot not spell! Thanks!! The eyes should be only doing the reading!  |
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Todd A
@qwest.net
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It's nice to have you back, Bruce- I just read this thread the other day and you convinced me to come on board...
...so I bought 20,000 shares of ITUI Wednesday morning!
Heck, if the stock is good enough to be your salary, it's good enough to be in my 401K!
Thanks for the "hot tip"!
-Todd A
Littleton, CO |
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BruceN
Hi
join:2006-11-17
Roswell, GA
·Future Nine Corpor..
 ·AT&T U-Verse
·Comcast
| And for another good deal, go see my buddy John in Littleton where you live. He owns Excess PC and freepcrecycling.com He is like family to me.
As to the stock, I really cannot make any sort of public comment, but yes my deal is stock! My pay is 100% driven for company growth. Lord help the fool that steps in my way
It is working!
And at 9 cents a share, you have not bet the farm, thank goodness. |
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deskjockey
join:2005-04-17
Charlotte, NC
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Bruce,
Welcome back. I put my girlfriend on VS to call Sweden because the quality was better than the latency on Betamax companies. I did cancel her DID number to avoid the monthly charge a couple weeks before your return.
I also have VS for an emergency line and was about to cancel my ported DID until I saw your plans. It would be nice if you could beef up the voicemail section to be able to block numbers or blocks of numbers. I suspect that I get some 30 marketing calls to every wanted call. |
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ropeguru
Premium
join:2001-01-25
Bridgeport, WV
clubs:
·VOIPo
1 edit | reply to BruceN
Good morning Bruce,
I have never been a customer of voicestick but given the right scenario could be come one. I have seen a lot of talk about features in this thread and your other thread and the use of asterisk. I use asterisk for all my calling, with the exception of local inbound and outbound in which I use my PSTN line. The one thing that would be great would be a basic DID with inbound free minutes, I think I saw somewhere that you have this with a capped number of minutes, and NO other features attached. With asterisk, I am actually using freePBX, I can do everything I need to on my box that you can provide and probably more. Those of that use asterisk typically need just a plain ole DID provider.
From what I am seeing, those that have dealt with you before seem to know you are sincere in your promises. When you get your new switch in, I will be looking forward to getting and testing a DID from you to use on my asterisk setup.
EDIT: One feature that would be nice for those that may just use a DID with no other features, is a network down forward option. That way if the customer's internet goes down, they can forward all the calls to a cell phone or some other number. |
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Elecconnec
join:2008-02-21
Littleton, CO
| reply to BruceN
said by BruceN : As to the stock, I really cannot make any sort of public comment, but yes my deal is stock! My pay is 100% driven for company growth. Lord help the fool that steps in my way It is working! And at 9 cents a share, you have not bet the farm, thank goodness. That's the fun of penny stocks. We can both laugh about it later when you get it up over a $1 a share!
Of course I'd rather say I just bought 20,000 shares of Berkshire Hathaway, but if I had that kind of money, what would I be playing with VoIP for? 
I'll check out your buddy's operation here in Littleton when I get a chance. Take care!
-Todd A.
Littleton, CO |
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BruceN
Hi
join:2006-11-17
Roswell, GA | reply to deskjockey
New VM is coming with the new system. It will be here soon!
Thanks for your support.
We had a lot of loyal VS customers hanging in there. |
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BruceN
Hi
join:2006-11-17
Roswell, GA
·Future Nine Corpor..
·AT&T U-Verse
·Comcast
| reply to ropeguru
We will NEVER see free incoming on a free account.
The HOGS, PIGS, AND CRIMINALS did some very crazy things when we tried this before. We saw multiple channels of pure full time calls going to out of country areas. They would point the traffic to the USA DID for calls going out of country.
As to feature, we will go from the rather minimal number we have now to just about every feature you can think of when the new platform is cut over too.
It is running right now, much more training, programming and equipment must be put in.
I am not in the training loop thank goodness. I am too busy. I will catch up on it later, I am a very fast study.
Thanks for the input. |
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BruceN
Hi
join:2006-11-17
Roswell, GA
·Future Nine Corpor..
·AT&T U-Verse
·Comcast
1 edit | reply to Elecconnec
Years ago when I owned my own company I was approached by reps from the actor Anthony Quinn.
He wanted to buy my opps and fold it into his shell. I was way to busy to fool with him. He went to the next guy. IF I had done the deal, I would have walked away with 7 million, as his deal took off. This was about one year before his death. It was a penny stock.
I still have his photo he gave me with a personal plea to join him written on the back side.
Go figure. |
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Elecconnec
join:2008-02-21
Littleton, CO
1 edit | reply to triumph
said by triumph :It would be nice if you offered a VoiceStick that also integrated a headphone/mic jack. Better yet, a VoiceStick that incorporated a bluetooth adaptor, so you could pair it with a bluetooth headset and not be tethered to your computer. I don't know what kind of software/driver hurdles this would pose, but it's something I would definitely be interested in. I know I have seen this type of device somewhere before. My guess is that our friends at Voicestick are still sitting on their initial warehouse full of sticks they ordered 3 years ago, so we won't see a "Voicestick V2.0" anytime soon...
said by triumph :The other feature I was really interested in was the i2bridge. However other companies have similar options and it isn't really that unique now. I have a SPA-3102 now so I personally don't require i2bridge any more. Ah, but the beauty of the i2bridge is that it require NO hardware, so it isn't dependent on your home setup being active. If you lost internet access, for example, the bridge on your ATA would stop functioning. (True "Murphy's law" story- my DSL modem, which occasionaly locks up requiring a reboot maybe 3 or 4 times a YEAR, locked up the very day I and my family left for a three week trip last summer. I had to call a neighbor, give him the code to my garage door opener and instruct him to find my DSL model and unplug/replug the AC adaptor so I could use remote desktop from my laptop and Windows Mobile phone working again!)
i2bridge is a server-side solution, which avoids any problems on the consumer's end. This makes Voicestick a good VoIP choice even for someone with NO VoIP equipment. You can access the account via a POTS or cellular phone as if it were a VoIP-connected phone, leveraging the cost savings of VoIP (at least for LD) without the hassles of VoIP.
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BruceN
Hi
join:2006-11-17
Roswell, GA
·Future Nine Corpor..
·AT&T U-Verse
·Comcast
| I think I have a 5 year supply of Sticks, and a 500 year supply of Plantronics mini headsets.
The i2bridge is just slick! I did here yesterday that the new switch will allow us to have the DID work like it did at one time, showing the VS number as the inbound call. That has some real advantages!! |
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Quattrohead
join:2005-02-09 | How about bribing us to sign up with a free stick and headset......we pay postage !!!! |
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Hilbe
join:2002-12-13 | reply to BruceN
Will the new switch have 7 digit dialing? |
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BruceN
Hi
join:2006-11-17
Roswell, GA
·Future Nine Corpor..
·AT&T U-Verse
·Comcast
| reply to Quattrohead
Quattrohead
I would have no problem doing a deal like that. Signed up customers could get a Stick/headset.
I just am in the middle of this huge reprogramming for the new web site, server, switch... And the dept. head is out with the flew!
Give me some time on this. But I like it! |
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BruceN
Hi
join:2006-11-17
Roswell, GA | reply to Hilbe
I am not sure.
With the current switch a 7 digit only number tells the switch this is a SIP out call.
The ONE in front tells it to go PSTN.
Anyone know how others that offer SIP and PSTN are making it work? |
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gbh2o
join:2000-12-18
Greenville, NC
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1 edit | reply to BruceN
said by BruceN : And the dept. head is out with the flew! I know how that is, I used to fly a bit too. 
BTW, I had to take Axvoice up on their offer at the end of beta because they have a local number that I need to continue to service the M-I-L; and it works with the asterisk box! Sure hope you get some numbers soon so I can just ibridge her and forget her. |
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BruceN
Hi
join:2006-11-17
Roswell, GA | I am looking at another DID provider as I write this! |
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N9MD
Premium
join:2005-10-08
Wayne, NJ
·VOIPo
·ViaTalk
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·Callcentric
| said by BruceN :I am looking at another DID provider as I write this! Bruce, I note a paucity of rate centers in the Northern NJ 973 Area Code -- in fact, there is only one choice which is Passaic (and coincidentally I am a graduate of Passaic High School). AC973 covers alot of area and alot of population, including rather large cities and populous suburbs of Newark and Paterson.
I know you are looking at a new DID provider ... but ... if one were to sign up now for a VoiceStick-supplied Passaic NJ DID -- while actually residing four towns over in Wayne NJ (same area code and same county) --- what would the success rate be for subsequently porting in a Wayne (or other nearby but not Passaic) DID from a CLEC such as Level 3 or PAETEC or RNK -- currently served by another VoIP provider?
And just for BBR members' interest, were the DIDs held by former VS customers (such as myself) actually lost forever when we left? Did you abandon some CLECs or reuse the numbers. As per our recent IM exchange, I learned that my "nice" former Level 3 Comm 973-668-xxxx VS DID -- in nearby Succasunna -- say that 10 times fast -- was not available for reassignment to me. [Boo hoo!  ] |
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BruceN
Hi
join:2006-11-17
Roswell, GA
·Future Nine Corpor..
·AT&T U-Verse
·Comcast
| Boy you got me on the Porting from one town to another.
I do know that we cannot port into some area as they just seem to be exempt from the new world order
As to prior numbers, when it is a Level 3 account, and we close it, we surrender it back to Level 3.
What we are doing is getting out of having to have a 20,000 DID inventory, and buy as needed the DID's.
We can then end up with a larger inventory, and a far lower cost.
I am also switching outbound providers next week. Will work on a rate decrease on outbound.
The only way for us to be competitive and gain share is to buy better.
Last time I was working here, I was not allowed into the buying process.
Now, I am working the vendors to the MAX. |
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soitgoes2
Premium
join:2005-01-14
·Future Nine Corpor..
| reply to Quattrohead
said by Quattrohead :How about bribing us to sign up with a free stick and headset......we pay postage !!!! There was a free headset deal when I signed up last year, but I never did get the headset. I can't really complain, though, as it was a free signup with a free startup credit, too. |
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