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The actual phone service is not bad. It all depends on the quality of your internet service. When speeds drop in my area (Time Warner sucks) then the voice quality degrades to unacceptable. Vonage needs to improve tech support and stop routing these calls through India. You are correct. I am also concerned that the infringement lawsuit might be the death of them, so I am glad others are getting into the VOIP market at competitive prices. |
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wrote in message ... On Dec 6, 10:48 am, HK wrote: JimH wrote: "Reginald P. Smithers III" wrote in message ... The power of competition is amazing. I have been using Vonage for a few years, and can not tell the difference between Vonage and BellSouth except for the lower price and substantially more features offered by Vonage. Today, I got an offer in the mail from AT&T offering VOIP and similar features at the same price as Vonage. As long as Vonage continues to provides excellent service, I will not change, but it is nice to see the market place working. I spent an afternoon of grief with Vonage yesterday trying to resolve a modem problem (no dial tone). It was eventually fixed on their end (they had to reconfigure a port) but only after dealing with 4 different techs, all of which were from India and hard to understand. I haven't heard or seen a single reason to drop my hardwired phone service for VOIP. Being an old-fashioned O.F., all I want from my home phone is dial tone 99.9999999999999999999999999999% of the time and if I have a question, an English speaker providing the answers.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I am with you on this one. My partner has wanted to try VOIP, but I have business peers who use it and it sucks. I consider any business that uses VOIP over hardwire, cheap and unprofessional. I don't wan,wan,wan,wan.wan.wan.wan.wan.t to,o,o,o,o,o,o,o, hear this **** when I am talking to a business contact, and my clients never will from me either ![]() The actual phone service is not bad. It all depends on the quality of your internet service. When speeds drop in my area (Time Warner sucks) then the voice quality degrades to unacceptable. Vonage needs to improve tech support and stop routing these calls through India. A friend in Bal'mer is raving about the telco's new optical cable services...but it'll be centuries before they get down to my lightly densely populated 'hood. |
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On Dec 6, 11:21 am, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote: HK wrote: wrote: On Dec 6, 10:48 am, HK wrote: JimH wrote: "Reginald P. Smithers III" wrote in message ... The power of competition is amazing. I have been using Vonage for a few years, and can not tell the difference between Vonage and BellSouth except for the lower price and substantially more features offered by Vonage. Today, I got an offer in the mail from AT&T offering VOIP and similar features at the same price as Vonage. As long as Vonage continues to provides excellent service, I will not change, but it is nice to see the market place working. I spent an afternoon of grief with Vonage yesterday trying to resolve a modem problem (no dial tone). It was eventually fixed on their end (they had to reconfigure a port) but only after dealing with 4 different techs, all of which were from India and hard to understand. I haven't heard or seen a single reason to drop my hardwired phone service for VOIP. Being an old-fashioned O.F., all I want from my home phone is dial tone 99.9999999999999999999999999999% of the time and if I have a question, an English speaker providing the answers.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I am with you on this one. My partner has wanted to try VOIP, but I have business peers who use it and it sucks. I consider any business that uses VOIP over hardwire, cheap and unprofessional. I don't wan,wan,wan,wan.wan.wan.wan.wan.t to,o,o,o,o,o,o,o, hear this **** when I am talking to a business contact, and my clients never will from me either ![]() Sadly, it usually is easy to tell when the caller is using VOIP. It is only a problem if they are limited on broadband upload and/or download. On Comcast, there is not difference on either end.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I agree, I know for a FACT that you can't tell the difference between my hardwire line and VOIP. I tried it, didn't tell anybody I got VOIP. Hell, my hardline from AT&T ALWAYS had static. |
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On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:45:16 -0500, HK wrote:
A friend in Bal'mer is raving about the telco's new optical cable services...but it'll be centuries before they get down to my lightly densely populated 'hood. I liked having copper wire. When Comcast cable goes out I lose phone/TV/net. In my entire life I never lost copper wire phone, though I know it happens. --Vic |
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On Dec 6, 11:59 am, wrote:
On Dec 6, 11:21 am, "Reginald P. Smithers III" wrote: HK wrote: wrote: On Dec 6, 10:48 am, HK wrote: JimH wrote: "Reginald P. Smithers III" wrote in message ... The power of competition is amazing. I have been using Vonage for a few years, and can not tell the difference between Vonage and BellSouth except for the lower price and substantially more features offered by Vonage. Today, I got an offer in the mail from AT&T offering VOIP and similar features at the same price as Vonage. As long as Vonage continues to provides excellent service, I will not change, but it is nice to see the market place working. I spent an afternoon of grief with Vonage yesterday trying to resolve a modem problem (no dial tone). It was eventually fixed on their end (they had to reconfigure a port) but only after dealing with 4 different techs, all of which were from India and hard to understand. I haven't heard or seen a single reason to drop my hardwired phone service for VOIP. Being an old-fashioned O.F., all I want from my home phone is dial tone 99.9999999999999999999999999999% of the time and if I have a question, an English speaker providing the answers.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I am with you on this one. My partner has wanted to try VOIP, but I have business peers who use it and it sucks. I consider any business that uses VOIP over hardwire, cheap and unprofessional. I don't wan,wan,wan,wan.wan.wan.wan.wan.t to,o,o,o,o,o,o,o, hear this **** when I am talking to a business contact, and my clients never will from me either ![]() Sadly, it usually is easy to tell when the caller is using VOIP. It is only a problem if they are limited on broadband upload and/or download. On Comcast, there is not difference on either end.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I agree, I know for a FACT that you can't tell the difference between my hardwire line and VOIP. I tried it, didn't tell anybody I got VOIP. Hell, my hardline from AT&T ALWAYS had static.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Maybe you can't tell, but others probably can at times. One or two calls don't make it fact, some days are better than otheres. Me, I can usually tell and you can take the chance if you want, but if you do business on VOIP, or cell even, I have little time to give you my money... |
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JimH wrote:
wrote in message ... On Dec 6, 10:48 am, HK wrote: JimH wrote: "Reginald P. Smithers III" wrote in message ... The power of competition is amazing. I have been using Vonage for a few years, and can not tell the difference between Vonage and BellSouth except for the lower price and substantially more features offered by Vonage. Today, I got an offer in the mail from AT&T offering VOIP and similar features at the same price as Vonage. As long as Vonage continues to provides excellent service, I will not change, but it is nice to see the market place working. I spent an afternoon of grief with Vonage yesterday trying to resolve a modem problem (no dial tone). It was eventually fixed on their end (they had to reconfigure a port) but only after dealing with 4 different techs, all of which were from India and hard to understand. I haven't heard or seen a single reason to drop my hardwired phone service for VOIP. Being an old-fashioned O.F., all I want from my home phone is dial tone 99.9999999999999999999999999999% of the time and if I have a question, an English speaker providing the answers.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I am with you on this one. My partner has wanted to try VOIP, but I have business peers who use it and it sucks. I consider any business that uses VOIP over hardwire, cheap and unprofessional. I don't wan,wan,wan,wan.wan.wan.wan.wan.t to,o,o,o,o,o,o,o, hear this **** when I am talking to a business contact, and my clients never will from me either ![]() The actual phone service is not bad. It all depends on the quality of your internet service. When speeds drop in my area (Time Warner sucks) then the voice quality degrades to unacceptable. Vonage needs to improve tech support and stop routing these calls through India. You want US tech support then double what you pay for Vonage service. |
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JimH wrote:
"Reginald P. Smithers III" wrote in message . .. JimH wrote: The actual phone service is not bad. It all depends on the quality of your internet service. When speeds drop in my area (Time Warner sucks) then the voice quality degrades to unacceptable. Vonage needs to improve tech support and stop routing these calls through India. You are correct. I am also concerned that the infringement lawsuit might be the death of them, so I am glad others are getting into the VOIP market at competitive prices. Indeed. I could care less if Vonage goes under as there are plenty of other options available. In the end I could do without any sort of home based phone service and it may eventually get to the point with us relying only our cell phones. Bad move. Keep the land-line for emergencies. It only costs about $10 a month. Maybe we are just stuck in our old habits................after all, how does the younger generation living on their own survive with *only* a cell phone? |
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HK wrote:
JimH wrote: wrote in message ... On Dec 6, 10:48 am, HK wrote: JimH wrote: "Reginald P. Smithers III" wrote in message ... The power of competition is amazing. I have been using Vonage for a few years, and can not tell the difference between Vonage and BellSouth except for the lower price and substantially more features offered by Vonage. Today, I got an offer in the mail from AT&T offering VOIP and similar features at the same price as Vonage. As long as Vonage continues to provides excellent service, I will not change, but it is nice to see the market place working. I spent an afternoon of grief with Vonage yesterday trying to resolve a modem problem (no dial tone). It was eventually fixed on their end (they had to reconfigure a port) but only after dealing with 4 different techs, all of which were from India and hard to understand. I haven't heard or seen a single reason to drop my hardwired phone service for VOIP. Being an old-fashioned O.F., all I want from my home phone is dial tone 99.9999999999999999999999999999% of the time and if I have a question, an English speaker providing the answers.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I am with you on this one. My partner has wanted to try VOIP, but I have business peers who use it and it sucks. I consider any business that uses VOIP over hardwire, cheap and unprofessional. I don't wan,wan,wan,wan.wan.wan.wan.wan.t to,o,o,o,o,o,o,o, hear this **** when I am talking to a business contact, and my clients never will from me either ![]() The actual phone service is not bad. It all depends on the quality of your internet service. When speeds drop in my area (Time Warner sucks) then the voice quality degrades to unacceptable. Vonage needs to improve tech support and stop routing these calls through India. A friend in Bal'mer is raving about the telco's new optical cable services...but it'll be centuries before they get down to my lightly densely populated 'hood. My densely populated hood doesn't have FiOS yet either. Ninety percent of the hood would switch to Verizon's cheaper "cable" and Internet if it was offered. |
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