On Friday 08 December 2006 02:09, Christine wrote:
> I was involved with Lightyear for about 9 months. It saved me about
> $120 a month on 2 lines but I had problems with their Voip box from
> the beginning and off and on for over a year. Charter, Comcast,
> AT&T, Vongage, etc. are all in the Voip market and have a much more
> stable product (cost a little more but you don't have to pay $80 for
> the Voip box) and it's still cheaper than some local phone companies.
> Like Hal said, there are ways to get Voip free too.
Another two points, and I've heard different comments (maybe here) about
one of them. The first is that some providers like Comcast block VOIP
ports. They want you to get THEIR phone services and such, so they'll
try to block other VOIP services.
And the one point that is disputed is some digital transmissions don't
always go well over VOIP. Basically, in VOIP, your voice is analog and
has to be converted to digital for transmission. With a fax or modem
signal (and I have to use modems for work, even though I have cable
Internet), you start with a digital signal that's converted to analog,
but is converted back to digital, which ads 2 extra steps and the
possibilities for errors.
> They have other products too (cell, Internet, etc). You don't find
> out all the details of what the problems are until you actually try
> to make sales of these products. (after you've signed up and paid
> your $$)
That would keep me from buying a thing from them in the first place. If
you don't want to give me all the details before getting my money, then
you won't get my money.
> I recenty worked out a deal on a new cell phone plan and dropped the
> home phone completely.
Are you aware that this can be a safety issue? For example, when
hurricane Isabel blew through here, we had no power for 9 days. I
could not charge my phone and my land line actually worked better than
any cells or anything else. There are also different things that can
cause interference problems. I'm 10 minutes from the state capital,
and about 10% of the time I can't get a signal in my home. 911 systems
can pinpoint your location in a home immediately when you call on a
landline. If you call on a cell, they have to depend on your cell
using GPS AND that GPS being compatible with what the call center
uses -- AND, to top that off, I've studied enough electronics and radio
to say I would not bet my life on GPS yet.
Hal
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