Mediocrates
join:2008-05-27
Raleigh, NC
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
 ·Vonage
·AT&T CallVantage
| reply to RockyBB
Re: Is Vonage Toast?
Well that would entirely suck. I love Vonage. I hate CallVantage and am compelled to use it for work. Happily though AT&T isn't selling Callvantage retail anymore.
So what will happen is that AT&T will want to jam DSL down our throats, or, Time Warner will jam their overpriced service down our throats. And T-W will of course see that as an opportunity to raise their prices even more.
I would probably get Sprint Airave, sooner than I would like since I don't believe it's entirely ready for retail, yet. But the down side to that is my S.O. would never stop complaining about the loss of the original phone number. And I mean never. I mean bitterly grumbling every minute of every day till the end of time. So on second thought, screw it, it looks like T-W is going to get to rape me. Lucky Me!!!! |
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RockyBB
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join:2005-01-31
Longmont, CO
| said by Mediocrates  :I would probably get Sprint Airave, sooner than I would like since I don't believe it's entirely ready for retail, yet. But the down side to that is my S.O. would never stop complaining about the loss of the original phone number. And I mean never. I mean bitterly grumbling every minute of every day till the end of time. So on second thought, screw it, it looks like T-W is going to get to rape me. Lucky Me!!!! Dude, save all your problems for me. I've had an Airave since they were introduced in the Denver test market more than a year ago. It's more than ready. To save your legacy number, you can port it in to any of several providers, and have the incoming calls forwarded to one of your cell numbers. There are others, but here's a provider where you can park your legacy number and have the calls forwarded to one of your cell numbers: »www.phonenumberbank.com |
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La Luna
Surviving Ashraful
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join:2001-07-12
Warwick, NY
clubs:
 ·Optimum Online
·Vonage
| said by RockyBB :said by Mediocrates :I would probably get Sprint Airave, sooner than I would like since I don't believe it's entirely ready for retail, yet. But the down side to that is my S.O. would never stop complaining about the loss of the original phone number. And I mean never. I mean bitterly grumbling every minute of every day till the end of time. So on second thought, screw it, it looks like T-W is going to get to rape me. Lucky Me!!!! Dude, save all your problems for me. I've had an Airave since they were introduced in the Denver test market more than a year ago. It's more than ready. To save your legacy number, you can port it in to any of several providers, and have the incoming calls forwarded to one of your cell numbers. There are others, but here's a provider where you can park your legacy number and have the calls forwarded to one of your cell numbers: » www.phonenumberbank.com That's great. Unfortunately for a lot of people, myself included, I get NO cell service in my house from any carrier (one person with AT & T gets minimal service off and on, but it's totally undependable).
People who say "just use your cell phone" assume that *everyone* gets great cell service everywhere when that just isn't true.
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RockyBB
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join:2005-01-31
Longmont, CO
| said by La Luna :That's great. Unfortunately for a lot of people, myself included, I get NO cell service in my house from any carrier (one person with AT & T gets minimal service off and on, but it's totally undependable). Wake up people! If you have no cell service in your house, then you are the EXACT target market for the Sprint Airave. It is DESIGNED for Sprint customers that can't use their Sprint phones in the house. The Airave is essentially a home-based Sprint repeater ... it's like they're putting their antenna in your house ... because YOU are putting their antenna in your house. Calls made by registered Sprint phones through the Airave device do not count against your minute allowance. |
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PX Eliezer
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join:2008-08-09
New Jersey
·Callcentric
·Optimum Voice
·callwithus
·voip.ms
| reply to La Luna
Exactly as RockyBB said in the above post!
Just wanted to add this from the Rocky Mountain News, from April:
".....Trying to use your cell phone inside your house can be hit and miss.
Reception is patchy. Calls get dropped. You may not get coverage at all unless you walk out to your backyard.
New technologies offer possible remedies, although both require high-speed Internet lines at home.
One, called a femtocell, acts like a miniature cell tower, boosting reception inside a building. But it comes at a price.
Sprint was the first to offer femtocells late last year in Denver and a few other select markets through a service called Airave. Verizon Wireless said recently it plans to roll out a similar service later this year. AT&T Wireless is conducting tests.
T-Mobile, meanwhile, is focusing instead on a 9-month-old service called HotSpot@Home, which uses Wi-Fi to carry cellular phone calls inside a house. The service is cheaper but requires customers to buy a HotSpot Wi-Fi-enabled phone such as a BlackBerry Pearl or Curve....."
Could be another good option. |
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bellhater
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join:2003-10-08
canada
| Vonage is not going anywhere anytime soon!!!!!! They may have some financial bumps, they will get through. Too many opportunities for investors. Vonage needs to pull out of the hole from the crap verizon pulled on them. I personally would love to see verizon go belly up!!!!! That company played the wrong game and well I am sure they will get theres!!! Vonage is too rock solid to fold. They will make it through tough times!!! |
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