voipdabbler
join:2006-04-27
Kalispell, MT
| LOL, the baby bells don't get it.
Maybe it's their history--emergence from a monopoly. They just don't get it and still have the attitude of the old Lily Tomlin character, the phone operator--"We don't care, we don't have to--we're the phone company."
Their models--price & service have driven a huge number of young people to cellular only. Some of us older people who like to dabble and aren't uncomfortable with dropping the landline have moved to VOIP + cellular. (Heck, if I still lived in the densely-populated east coast and had better cellular coverage, I might go to all cellular, too. At least VOIP is a reasonable alternative for me.) RLECs are even worse--I couldn't believe how much more the NY-based RLEC here charges for services than Verizon did back east. Signed up for them but dropped them within the first 6 months when I found that they had sold my name to telemarketers even though I was paying a monthly feed for unlisted. I've been satisfied with VOIP, although you have to be comfortable with trouble shooting and need cellular for back up during power or system outages. But then, with the deteriorating condition of the copper POTS systems in some areas, cellular is needed for back up everythwere. |
