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
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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 -

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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.

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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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...



Well, I'm not going to get into a posting marathon with Loggy, but I
think it funny that he claims "for a fACT" that one cannot tell the
difference between a hardwired line and a VOIP line because "he tried it."

On Dec 6, 5:49 pm, HK wrote:
wrote:
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...

Well, I'm not going to get into a posting marathon with Loggy, but I
think it funny that he claims "for a fACT" that one cannot tell the
difference between a hardwired line and a VOIP line because "he tried it."- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Why do you find it funny, Harry? I switched, never told anyone I
switched, and no one ever said anything about my sound quality. Now,
my landline always had noise in it. Always. I'll guarantee that if you
are in tune with such things, you'll hear noise in yours too. I've
never regretted getting rid of my landline and DSL and going to cable
high speed internet and VOIP. It's a shame that you and another person
here always **** on things that you don't have. Just because you don't
have it, nor want it, doesn't mean that it's a bad thing.