fiberguy
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Re: Tri-cities?
tc1usg,
The ONLY part of the VOIP call I am talking about is the part that actually travels as a call as data. There is nothing traveling over any telephone call that any one carrier can give a QoS. Again, I am ONLY talking about the portion of the call that is actual data packets. Comcast, and I only speak of Comcast, can control the quality of that data packet. 3rd party can't control any of the last mile packets from the customer's home.
Further, you and I agree largely on VoIP in general. I do not care for it, want it, and I think it's a toy! I think everyone is trying to shove everything through the internet which is bad bad bad. I have Comcast digital Phone, classic switched. It's network powered and stayed up for 2 days when we had storms last year. I do NOT beleive that a $15 savings is worth the safety of my family, home, and health. Others do. If you read my other posts, I have been saying the same thing as you all along.
HOWEVER, my post was LARGELY comparing the two flavors of VoIP on those merrits alone. If I HAD to choose between Vonage and Comcast Digital Voice, I would take Comcast over Vonage anyday. In our system, Comcast DTS is going to go away and everyone will have to take CDV or drop service all together. I will be heading back to Qwest when this happens, even as much as I HATE Qwest, I will NOT depend on ANY VoIP unless I HAVE to.
Also, my point on how my vonage does work and how the quality is still not good EVEN when it doesn't hit my broadband was to further prove my point. People will blame the poor call quality on the last mile broadband connection. My point is that it's not just the local broadband carrier that is the cause for poor voip quality. The fact that Vonage DOES carry calls from out of areas over the public internet STILL comes into play. People continually look at their local broadband provider as the cause of poor phone call quality. My point was simply that taking out the local last mile broadband, and VoIP calls are still not up to par to that of a traditional phone service. I AM, in fact, blaming the phone quality on the VoIP carrier ALONE... nothing more. That's my whole point. VoIP carriers can't control the quality of their calls. |
