Re: wrong direction in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r21491740 en Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:40:52 EDT Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:40:52 EDT Re: wrong direction http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21491763 lucky644 :
said by sholling See Profile :

I'm just waiting for them to hook up my FIOS and my landline goes away. The fiber has been at the curb now for 6 months. If only they'd get around to hooking it up.
Originally I had ADSL for my internet, until I discovered my cable company could offer 25mbit speeds (over 4 times faster) for half the price.

I have wireless for phone, cable for internet, why have a landline I never use? It seems very obvious to me that almost everyone is leaving their landlines for the same reasons. No bang for their buck.

I asked my telco when I canceled, "what could you possibly offer me to stay?" and I didn't get a response back :p
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~~Desu]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21491763 Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:11:49 EDT Re: wrong direction http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21491754 sholling : I'm just waiting for them to hook up my FIOS and my landline goes away. The fiber has been at the curb now for 6 months. If only they'd get around to hooking it up.

Edit: Holy crap I just checked and it's available!
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--FREDERIC BASTIAT--]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21491754 Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:08:08 EDT Re: wrong direction http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21491740 lucky644 :
said by sholling See Profile :

It's all about price. Telcos want to charge way too much money for a landline, way too much for long distance, and way too much for add-ons like caller ID. They could easily drop the price for a full featured landline with 1000 minutes of long distance to under $15 and make lots of money. Or match Vonage with a $25 full featured unlimited package. The problem is that they own both the landlines and the cell business and have no reason to undercut themselves.
I used to pay a ridiculous amount for my landline + voicemail + callerid + call waiting.

I called them up and told them to cancel my account of 7 years, and they were confused as to why, even after I told them my cell phone was cheaper, AND I always have it on me.

Landlines need to compete, badly, or they'll go under.
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~~Desu]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21491740 Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:02:29 EDT Re: wrong direction http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21482782 sholling : It's all about price. Telcos want to charge way too much money for a landline, way too much for long distance, and way too much for add-ons like caller ID. They could easily drop the price for a full featured landline with 1000 minutes of long distance to under $15 and make lots of money. Or match Vonage with a $25 full featured unlimited package. The problem is that they own both the landlines and the cell business and have no reason to undercut themselves.
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--FREDERIC BASTIAT--]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21482782 Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:03:48 EDT wrong direction http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21481613 DaveNJ : The problem with landlines is price, if they matched cellular or lower, they would be fine. My landline is out more then my cellphone btw. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21481613 Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:45:25 EDT