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Saint Clair Shores, MI | The Price.. hello.. can't you hear me now? Back when VoIP first hit the streets, the likes of Sunrocket, Vonage, Packet8... all had pretty much the SAME service, some cheaper, some better. As we bask in the glory of "sticking it to the man (in this case, the woman, MaBell)", what does it REALLY get us. Go to Comcast, as for the same services you get from AT&T for a pots line. The cost is NOT that great. In my area, without special deals, Comcast digital voice is about the same as AT&T's local/ld unlimited package. The big difference is, after 24 hrs of NO power, which one is still going to be up, which one is going to be down? Go to the cheaper providers, those like the now defunked Sunrocket and you get what you pay for.. crap. Been there x2.5, done that 2.5 times.  It's just CHEAPER for telco and cable who want to bypass that last mile of twisted pair cable but the savings isn't being passed on.  | |
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| said by tc1uscg  In my area, without special deals, Comcast digital voice is about the same as AT&T's local/ld unlimited package. The big difference is, after 24 hrs of NO power, which one is still going to be up, which one is going to be down?
[/BQUOTE :I recently dropped AT&T (BellSouth) because I was paying upwards of $72 a month for unlimited and tons of features I never use. I also thought that the landline never goes down. One day, I was shocked to pick up my phone and it was dead...and for a couple of days, too. Now that I am on Comcast Phone Service, I cannot tell the difference. I get a dial tone, I can fax over it, I get just as many features, if not more, as I did with AT&T and it is activated on all of my phone jacks. Also, my home alarm system runs over it. Comcast has stabalized in my area and I am very happy with what I have for the price - $19.99 a month for the first year. --
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tc1uscg
join:2005-03-09
Saint Clair Shores, MI | That's my point. You get that carrot for the 1st year, then you start paying the "regular" charge. Then, you back to paying pretty much the same price for what? The ability to have a battery back up for 4-6 hrs (unless your using the phone). I've lived all over the place (Hawaii, California, Florida, Ohio, Kentucky...) Had pots in all those places. Never had a problem that wasn't fixed (due to storms or earthquakes) in less then 24. I had a problem with POTS here in Michigan that lasted for 1 week. Thanks to, of all people, the cable guy. Hooking up my cable, he "hooked" my drop from the pole to my house and "st reached" the line just enough to cause lots of static and then an outage. I even pin pointed the problem for AT&T but thanks to the high winds, the below zero temps, they didn't get out to fix it right away. However, they did forward my number to my cell phone for free that week. I too was paying 70 bucks for 1 unlimited line and 1 call 50 line (for inbound calls only (wife's work line)). Before that, after taxes/fees/more fees, it was like 56 bucks or so. I still have the call 50 line but have comcast's phone. I don't see any difference either. However, having been a WideOpenWest customer, I got a deal of 72.00 a month for HSI/Phone/Cable w/dvr service 1st year, 99.00 after that. Guess I'm getting the phone for next to nothing so I have the best of both worlds. I also have 4 cell phones running around the house too.  | | |
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| said by tc1uscg:That's my point. You get that carrot for the 1st year, then you start paying the "regular" charge. Then, you back to paying pretty much the same price for what? The ability to have a battery back up for 4-6 hrs (unless your using the phone). In my area, Comcast phone even with regular pricing is still $30+ less than traditional phone service through AT&T.
Also, by having a cell phone, I use the home phone much less. I am probably not on my home phone more than an hour total a week. So, now, the value of having an AT&T POTS line is not what it use to be.
I can get the same results via Comcast Phone including faxing and home alarm monitoring(important for me) and when it "jumps" to regular pricing, it will still be much less than AT&T's POTS service.
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