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| VOIP future I think VOIP will always have its place, especially for the geeks. As the cable companies look for additional revenue, they will try to kill off the commercial VOIP providers to force customers to use their own service. One thing hurting VOIP today is a lack of longevity and quality (think of Sunrocket and Viatalk). If Vonage wasn't so deep in debt then they probably could have a long life. Another thing that will affect VOIP is the unlimited talk plans on the cell phones, which will probably one day become the only available plan, as well as the continuous built-out of cell sites.
The landline as we know it today will become nothing more than a niche market serving businesses, people without Internet service, and the elderly who don't understand new technologies. Unfortunately, as landlines begin to die out, the various government agencies that depend on that revenue will shift their excessive taxation and fees to the VOIP lines (already started in many areas) until VOIP isn't worth having.
A few years some company sold a "cell phone base station" and I had one. When I came home from work I simply dropped my cell phone in it and I could then use my cell phone through any of my home phones (the station also charged my cell phone battery). If cell phone manufacturers would standardize the charging jack and data interface ports on all the cell phones then maybe these types of base stations would return. I know I dropped my landline service after getting a cell phone base station in 1999. When people are at home they want to be able to use any normal phone instrument in the house - they shouldn't care if it connects via cell phone, VOIP, or landline. Let technology decide the most cost effective and QOS means of connecting the call.
I presently use both Magicjack (unlimited for $20/year) and Gizmo5 (unlimted inbound, 1.9 cents/min outbound) along with a pay-as-you-go cell phone and link them to one number using Grand Central. These services may not be around a year or two from now, but if they aren't then I'll move to some other technology. Most people aren't willing to do that and would rather pay the higher costs for stable long-term solutions. | |
| Dakota you need to check out tmobile I think they are the mos inovative cell company right now. They offer voip at home and also wifi hotspot calling pretty much what you are talking about. | |
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