IanR
join:2001-03-22
Madison, NJ
| I expect churn at TW VoIP
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Time Warner Cable, for example, charges $39.95 a month for unlimited local and long-distance calling for customers who also take cable TV and Internet service.
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So TW is getting 5% of their Cable TV customers EACH WEEK to sign on to a VoIP service at $40.00 p.m. I don't think this can last. When these customers find out TW is killing them when a P8 service is available for $20.00 p.m. or a Vonage for $25.00. |
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cablemonster3
join:2002-03-10
USA
| apples to oranges. time warner is selling an end to end solution with QOS and priority. vonage and packet 8 cant offer that. if you have a problem with TW digi phone you only have to trouble shoot with one provider, not two.
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Dryvlyne
Far Beyond Driven
Premium
join:2004-08-30
Newark, OH
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said by IanR  :Quote Time Warner Cable, for example, charges $39.95 a month for unlimited local and long-distance calling for customers who also take cable TV and Internet service. Unquote So TW is getting 5% of their Cable TV customers EACH WEEK to sign on to a VoIP service at $40.00 p.m. I don't think this can last. When these customers find out TW is killing them when a P8 service is available for $20.00 p.m. or a Vonage for $25.00. I agree with what you are saying, but unfortunately the world is made up of many, many average PC user's. Many people just go with a service because they have heard the company's name before - not necessarily because they offer the best prices and/or services. I fear that eventually companies like Vonage and Packet8 (and others) will get squeezed out of the market because of this. I hope it doesn't happen, but I have seen nothing to indicate that it won't go that direction eventually and then gone will be the days of $20-25 VoIP and in with the days of $40+ VoIP. |
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sancraig
join:2003-11-05
Saint Louis, MO | reply to IanR
Heck I had Charter offer me their voip for 17.99 a month with the first month free trial. They got me thinking its $10 cheaper than what I got now... |
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lefty1
join:2002-10-25
Clay, NY | reply to cablemonster3
if you have a problem with TW digi phone you only have to trouble shoot with one provider, not two.
That's a nice theory, but I'll bet their left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing. |
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