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Re: At least with VOIP there are choices ... My thing has always been I want to get phone service from a company I know and trust. As much as I loathe Verizon at least I know tomorrow morning when I wake up I'll have phone service, the chances of Verizon going belly up is zilch. No way in hell am I going to get phone service from some rinky dink operation that I never heard of that may not be around next week. I do not trust any of these ubercheap small VoIP providers, if their prices are too good to be true, you know they can't be making money and then you have a SunRocket all over again.
Only thing I'll leave Verizon POTS for is Time Warner Digital Phone. It may be slightly more than real VoIP, but I'd rather pay more to have the peace of mind knowing Time Warner is not going out of business anytime soon either. And plus there's the whole 911 thing. No amount of savings, no matter the unlikelihood of something not working right is worth a potential life. It's either Verizon POTS or TW Digital Phone for me, nothing else will ever be a consideration. |
 djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA
kudos:1
 ·Verizon Wireless..
 ·RoadRunner Cable
 ·AT&T U-Verse
 ·VOIPo
·PHONE POWER
| If I have some problem with my VOIP line, I have a cell phone. We have e911 support with our voip line, too.
I look at my PhonePower VOIP service as a very attractive and inexpensive alternative to dumping landline service altogether.
There was a minor earthquake here a while back. My voip line worked better than the landlines. Why? Because my CallVantage VOIP terminated in Georgia, bypassing the clogged California exchanges!
-- Rob
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AT&T U-Hearse
Your funeral. Delivered.
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