 BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to stevephl
Re: Typical for me... said by stevephl:I have my own issues with the impending 250GB but on the subject of VOIP, I use T-Mobile's VOIP, but I understand why Comcast excludes their own VOIP from the cap, simply it's because the users pay a VOIP fee on top of their Comcast connection where as other VOIP users do not pay Comcast any additional fee's. I'm pretty sure Vonage customers are paying Vonage for their service. Let's face facts, this is a ploy to enourage VoIP customers to use Comcast's overpriced VoIP service over others. |
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 jester121Premium
join:2003-08-09
Lake Zurich, IL | Two posts above yours it's pointed out that VOIP doesn't use very much bandwidth at all. And that is correct. |
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You are right, Vonage users using Comcast pay Vonage for their VOIP. But they do not pay Comcast for their VOIP. Vonage gets away with using other people's (in this case Comcast) infrastructure for free. Which is why Vonage is cheaper than Comcast. The cost of Vonage using Comcast infrastructure is spread out to all the comcast users.
If your to-the-house telephone wires are owned by say Quest, then you use Sprint for local telephone service, Quest recoups the cost of the to-the-home infrastructure from Sprint. Not so with Comcast and Vonage. |
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 bbrlogueLearning New Things DailyPremium
join:2003-12-07
Alexandria, VA | said by WinterHawk :
Vonage gets away with using other people's (in this case Comcast) infrastructure for free.
LOL, then so does your porn service, Google, Yahoo, Barack Obama, John McCain, and just about everybody else then! |
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 jmn1207Premium
join:2000-07-19
Ashburn, VA | If it were measurable, could I set a cap or charge advertisers that utilize my senses? I'd give large corporations huge discounts on my sound and vision package. They can pipe all their advertisements through my eyes and ears for only a few dollars each month. If they exceed their allotted bandwidth limit, I'll send them a bill for few thousand dollars and we can work out a settlement.  |
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