G_Poobah
join:2004-01-17
Schenectady, NY
| reply to fiberguy
Re: Not a good deal
#1: "People are more likely to buy from a provider they alreayd do business with."
#2: "Many people are happy with their services and if not happy, they are at least satisfied."
#3: "see why cable can sell their voip at the prices they are and survive."
#4: "used to $300.00 per month telephone bills with all the long distance calling that gets made. $39.99 or even $54.99 IS A DEAL compared to that price point."
#5: "Since indie voip is only as good as the broadband connection it runs on, there is no way they can claim quality on their service."
#6: "with over 51% of the market and the growth they are seeing"
In response:
#1: I only have 1 cable provider, so I have to do business with them if I want certain services (broadband)
#2: See #1. Even if I'm unhappy, see #1
#3: Because I have to go through my cable provider for IP Access. (too far for DSL)
#4: Your telephone company was a monopoly too. See #1, replace cable with telco provider.
#5: See #1. If comcast wants Vonage to suck, the will make it suck. If comcast looses too many people to Vonage, vonage will begin to suck.
#6: See #1.
So, the REASON comcast can charge that much, and get away.. drum roll please... MONOPOLY ! And it will only get worse as comcast actively degrades everyone else to ensure their dominance.
Solution: Net Neutrality.
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fiberguy
My views are my own.
Premium
join:2005-05-20
| Pooh... I am comparing the CHOICE against the current option. For many, still, with the exception of indie voip, there is pots services.
SOME parts of the country have good reliable phone service. Ask many of the US West / Qwest customers about their nightmares. Yes, this company is notorious for horrible service.
In california, however, Pacific Bell was an incredible and reliable service for landline service. Their prices, however, were horrible.
My post, in context, is related to the options available to them at the time. |
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MacLeech
The one and only
Premium
join:2001-07-14
SoCal
| reply to G_Poobah
how does net neutrality fix the monopoly?
I thought encouraging competition fixed monopolies... in other words reducing regulations and allowing corporations to profit from their provided products so they will expand the markets they serve in hopes of making more profits.
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