en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
 ·RoadRunner Cable
 ·DSL EXTREME
| Over priced... unflexible device
I'd be better off purchasing a Netbook for $200 and loading it with Skype or Magic Jack.
What they 'SHOULD' do... for $250 + ???/month
- Deploy something that looks like what they are selling
- Integrated WiFi (g/n)
- Integrated Webcam and Service
- Windows 7
- Internet service
I'd personally be worried about having anything connected to a telco with built in camera + microphone in my house that's tied to my phoneline
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Bellus_1
@cia.com | The device is $250 to purchase, not $250 per month. |
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TomClancy
Freedom isn't free
join:2003-04-23
... | Yeah, like they won't be charging you a service fee for that magic VoIP of theirs... |
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aaronwt
Premium
join:2004-11-07
Woodbridge, VA
 ·Verizon FIOS
1 edit | reply to en102
WINDOWS 7??!!?
It's still in Beta.
said by en102  :I'd be better off purchasing a Netbook for $200 and loading it with Skype or Magic Jack. What they 'SHOULD' do... for $250 + ???/month - Deploy something that looks like what they are selling - Integrated WiFi (g/n) - Integrated Webcam and Service - Windows 7 - Internet service I'd personally be worried about having anything connected to a telco with built in camera + microphone in my house that's tied to my phoneline |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | reply to Bellus_1
As I put it .. $250 '+' ??? /month
You pay $250 for the device, and then have to pay a service fee to use it. |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | reply to aaronwt
Yeah - it had better still be Beta - I crashed one at the Microsoft exhibit at CES on opening day  |
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kamm
join:2001-02-14
Brooklyn, NY
 ·T-Mobile US
1 edit | reply to en102
said by en102 :I'd be better off purchasing a Netbook for $200 and loading it with Skype or Magic Jack. What they 'SHOULD' do... for $250 + ???/month - Deploy something that looks like what they are selling - Integrated WiFi (g/n) - Integrated Webcam and Service - Windows 7 - Internet service I'd personally be worried about having anything connected to a telco with built in camera + microphone in my house that's tied to my phoneline Windows 7.... webcam... are you high?
WTF are you talking about? 
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kamm
join:2001-02-14
Brooklyn, NY
·T-Mobile US
| reply to Bellus_1
said by Bellus_1 :
The device is $250 to purchase, not $250 per month.
Forget that but WTF is that W7 and other BS? Like if people really want to rent a fuckin' OS, aye...  |
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PGHammer
join:2003-06-09
Accokeek, MD
clubs:
·Comcast
| reply to aaronwt
Windows 7 is in fact at beta 1, and is available to the public, right now.
»www.microsoft.com/windows/window···ult.aspx
Not many beta operating systems, even from Microsoft, are actually usable right out of the box; however, this is one of them. (I'm in fact posting this from beta 1 in a dual-boot with Vista; both are of the 64-bit flavor.)
Also, isn't the only reason you are primping Skype or magicJack due to their FAR lower prices compared to typical VoIP solutions (not just VZ's own VoiceWing, but Vonage)? Also, how do these non-traditional VoIP services handle E911 services? (Skype doesn't currently, and I've heard nit from any magicJack user concerning how they would handle it.)
With *all* VoIP services (not just magicJack and Skype, but even Vonage and VoiceWing), the old truism about getting what you pay for applies. |
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