openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
kudos:2 | reply to tab2274
Re: why not have both, It seems to me that your argument is reversed. The herd is heading towards mobile only service. What happens when you have an emergency and you have no cell service?
Anyway, BF69  gave you the most likely answer as to why the trend is to not have both services. |
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 djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA
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| said by openbox9:It seems to me that your argument is reversed. The herd is heading towards mobile only service. What happens when you have an emergency and you have no cell service? Why wouldn't people have cell service? If you're referring to outages, that can happen with either type of service, especially in a natural disaster situation. If no signal as available at a certain address I'm guessing most would keep their landline.
I'm far less concerned about technical issues and more concerned about the human ones. In an emergency, will people remember where they left their phone? What if it's lost/broken? Is the battery charged? The "tethered" nature of a landline has some benefits in this respect.
I keep cheap VOIP around (less than $20 per month). It pays for itself by allowing me to maintain a cheaper mobile rate plan.
Failing both my VOIP and mobile I'd probably have to hit up my neighbors. If I was strictly cell only I'd probably consider picking up some used phones from various carriers - with most you don't need to maintain a service plan to call 911.
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join:2001-03-21
Smyrna, GA | I ditched many years ago. The drop from the house to the pole was removed after a truck yanked it down over winter. Went ahead and pulled the NID and cleaned up the wiring.
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 en102Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | reply to djrobx
I agree with you on that one:
The cost of POTS (including fees/taxes/charges) can be the same as or more than the following combined:
- Cellular
- VoIP (cable modem or other)
- Skype
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I do the same thing, I have a cell phone and a cheap voip service, with phonepower I pay $9 a month for the first two years
It was totally worth it since it keeps my cell phone bill down, though after two years I think it goes up to almost $20 in which case I might opt for a femtocell and a $20 unlimited calling from the femtocell (AT&T)
I'm sure in most cases my cell or voip will work, nether has actually gone completely out in my house. To some degree I think the emergency crowd is slightly paranoid, most people have only cordless phones so when the power goes out they are in the same place as I
actually I'm in a better place because I have my cable modem,router,voip adapter and cordless phone on a UPS |
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