Tikker_LoS
join:2004-04-29
Regina, SK | VoIP is a step down from POTS
I'm not sure why so many companies are banking on VoIP to be the next killer app
it's slick, but it's not as reliable as POTS, and generally has slightly lesser quality |
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ITALIAN926
join:2003-08-16
Stratford, CT | Uh oh, now youre in trouble. Here comes all the VoIP cheerleaders to try to disillusion everyone into thinking voIP is more RELIABLE than POTS.
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LinuxJunkie
join:2005-01-19
Cyberspace
1 edit | I'm not here saying VoIP has the same 99.9% reliability as a POTS line but it definitely is as reliable as a typical cell phone... not to mention loads cheaper. It COULD theoretically be much more reliable if voice and video packets were prioritized over others but then we get into the whole Net Neutrality debate. I think voice and video SHOULD be prioritized, HOWEVER it should be ALL voice and video packets and equally... this should be written into law so that voice and video can be prioritized while ISP's such as Comcast and AT&T wouldn't be able to prioritize their own voice and video packets over anybody else's (unless their's run on their private network that is not shared with other content). If that were to happen, then I'd say we should prioritize then. |
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uther
join:2001-12-04
Saint Louis, MO
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I threw away a bunch of phones when I was a SBC POTS subscriber thinking that the phone was the source of poor audio quality... When I switched to Vonage... I was also using another phone that I was about to throw away because of the same reason.. Plugged it into the Vonage VOIP router... audio quality was about 2-3x better than POTS. I wish I could get those other phones back....
Just an experience I wanted to share with you and let you know your statement isn't 100% true.
Uther
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rachelsfx
join:2004-09-27
Pensacola, FL | reply to Tikker_LoS
Vonage's stock in a LOSER! $17 down to $6.94 a share.
Ummm, I think Wall Street thinks VOIP sucks. FTTN and FIOS is the future on IP switches (something more techie than I know about but sounds good) not Vonage type apps.
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ifarrell
join:2000-08-10
Willow Spring, NC
 ·Vonage
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said by LinuxJunkie  :.........It COULD theoretically be much more reliable if voice and video packets were prioritized over others but then we get into the whole Net Neutrality debate........ Well I guess that would mean VoIP would go down the Tubes like a Dump Truck??? 
In my case Vonage works, well, OK. But in the last week or so I have had a few more dropped calls than normal even during off-peak hours.
I'd trust my Mobile Phone before VoIP but at least it's cheap and you get what you pay for at the end of the day. |
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owenhome
keeper of the magic blue smoke
Premium
join:2002-07-13
Bentonville, AR | reply to Tikker_LoS
If POTS was as cheap as VOIP with the same features and long distance rates, POTS would be the next killer app.
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McShaken
Premium
join:2006-02-20
Olympia, WA
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I wonder how reliable POTS was in its early days... Quck, call up any old person you know (parents, grandparents, creepy old guy down the block) and find out what the telephone was like in the "olden" days...
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pabster
join:2001-12-09
Waterloo, IA
 ·Mediacom
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Well, POTS is better than VOIP, from a quality and reliability standpoint. But it is a trade-off. I'm far happier paying a couple dollars a month for VOIP minutes than paying the crooks, er, the phone company $40 just to keep an old POTS line croaking.
As for prioritization, it is already being done. VOIP packets do have top priority on several networks already. |
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ptrowski
Got Helix?
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join:2005-03-14
Putnam, CT
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said by rachelsfx :Vonage's stock in a LOSER! $17 down to $6.94 a share. Ummm, I think Wall Street thinks VOIP sucks. FTTN and FIOS is the future on IP switches (something more techie than I know about but sounds good) not Vonage type apps. -Rach That's great, but who cares about the stock when this is related to something completely different?
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pabster
join:2001-12-09
Waterloo, IA
·Mediacom
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Yeah, but it'll never happen. The telcos want POTS to subsidize their losses on the cheap entry-level DSL services. Unforunately for them, people are dropping POTS right and left which is gonna bite them in the ass down the road.
Frankly there's no reason they couldn't offer POTS service at a competitive rate to VOIP providers (the $25 per month range) with a similar set of services. After all, internally, everything is IP-based and routed over the 'net anyways. |
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ifarrell
join:2000-08-10
Willow Spring, NC
·Vonage
| said by pabster :Yeah, but it'll never happen. The telcos want POTS to subsidize their losses on the cheap entry-level DSL services. Unfortunately for them, people are dropping POTS right and left which is gonna bite them in the ass down the road. Frankly there's no reason they couldn't offer POTS service at a competitive rate to VOIP providers (the $25 per month range) with a similar set of services. After all, internally, everything is IP-based and routed over the 'net anyways. Very true. Charging $7 or $8 per month for Caller ID (at least here it is) is a rip off.
If POTS were about $25 a month, with all you get with VoIP, I think a lot of people would have no trouble switching back.
Obviously the Phone Companies are in denial and holding their breath hoping the bad VoIP Companies will go belly up.
Vonage and Packet8 will eventually and get swallowed up by someone else but VoIP won't be going away anytime soon. |
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Rob A
Same Old Jets
Premium
join:2005-01-17
Pompton Plains, NJ
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said by Tikker_LoS :I'm not sure why so many companies are banking on VoIP to be the next killer app it's slick, but it's not as reliable as POTS, and generally has slightly lesser quality I agree. I could switch to verizon voicewing and save $15/month, but I prefer my POTS for unlimited calling at $39.95/month for reliability and other advantages.
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cdru
Go Colts
Premium,MVM
join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
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said by Tikker_LoS :it's slick, but it's not as reliable as POTS, and generally has slightly lesser quality I would agree that it's not as reliable as POTS. I'll agree somewhat that the quality can, be but is not always, lesser then POTS. Generally speaking my VoIP line has better sound quality. As compared to my cellular service through T-Mobile, my VoIP line is light years ahead.
There are two reasons why I went with VoIP over POTS. Price and features. I was paying $35/month before fees, taxes, and long distance. Too those in there and my typical phone bill was in the $55 +/- a few bucks. I now get all the same features I had before, plus a bunch more, for $8.25 a month. I'll but up with an occasional outage or hiccup for $560 a year. It more then pays for my FiOS line.
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cdru
Go Colts
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join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
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Don't equate a low stock price with an inferior product. There have been many products throughout history that had a superior offering but just didn't play out in the marketplace.
With the case of Vonage, they could have set their goals too high, mismanaged, etc.
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phattieg
join:2001-04-29
Winter Park, FL
 ·Verizon Wireless B..
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
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said by ifarrell :said by LinuxJunkie :.........It COULD theoretically be much more reliable if voice and video packets were prioritized over others but then we get into the whole Net Neutrality debate........ Well I guess that would mean VoIP would go down the Tubes like a Dump Truck??? In my case Vonage works, well, OK. But in the last week or so I have had a few more dropped calls than normal even during off-peak hours. I'd trust my Mobile Phone before VoIP but at least it's cheap and you get what you pay for at the end of the day. I agree. I pay $35 a year for a SIPphone DID, and it's reliably cheap enough to run a conference bridge on... I have VoIP on my home phone thru Comcast, and a cell thru Verizon. I am ready to take almost as many calls as you can throw at me... For outbound, I make free calls thru voipuser.org, no cost to join or use, they just limit your calltimes to less than 10 or 20 minutes...
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Raj Dynel
Are You Experienced?
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join:2000-09-14
Cupertino, CA
clubs: |  reply to Tikker_LoS
Still 4.4 as it was the day I got it. |
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