| really.. people still have landlines 0-0 it's 2010 people.... get with the program, landlines are D-E-A-D. Get a cellphone or VoIP |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | said by optemino:people still have landlines 0-0 it's 2010 people.... get with the program, landlines are D-E-A-D. Get a cellphone or VoIP And how do you do that when there is no cable, no DSL and and 1 bar outdoors? |
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 ·AT&T U-Verse
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Get a cellphone and drop your landline. Get spotty connectivity and coverage, poor or no service support, extortionist fees a.k.a. ETFs and the ever present billing bungling and tacked on "cost of doing business" fees transferred to the customer so that they can advertise misleading pricing. It's not all that simple. Yes you can get VOIP but VOIP is predicated on the ability to access the internet to carry the packets. So you are still dependent on those who provide Internet services with a level of quality, performance and uptime to make VOIP a viable choice. I tried VOIP for my business line and had to dump it because the supporting ISP service was not robust enough or reliable enough to support my business needs. No POTS is not dead yet and may someday die but until the infrastructure is in place to offer all current POTS customers with the alternatives you suggest there will be a market and a need for POTS. |
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 srm59Premium
join:2009-06-22
Glen Cove, NY
kudos:1
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Why do people think POTS is so reliable?
I gave up Verizon over 7 years ago because I couldn't get a dial tone most of the time. Plus when I would be able to make a call, sound quality was horrible, I couldn't even hear the person on the other end.
I finally had it with them and went to VOIP (first AT&T CallVantage and now PhonePower) over my Cablevision line and have experienced 99% uptime since then. My cable modem and TA are on battery backup, so even in a power failure, my phone still works. |
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