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To: nickcarraway

I somehow doubt that. VoIP is still obscure. The cell phone has much more to do with the demise of landline phones at home.


2 posted on 06/16/2006 7:36:20 PM PDT by Terpfen
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To: Terpfen

The quality of Skype connections a degraded considerably IMHO.
I can't believe how many people are using it.


6 posted on 06/16/2006 7:42:12 PM PDT by zarf (John Edwards is a horses ass.)
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To: Terpfen
VoIP is still obscure.

Can I interest you in 40,000 rotary coin telephones? They are in perfectly functional condition. For the mere sum of $50 each, I will throw in the mechanical switchgear. Cash up front.

What color is the sky on your planet?

9 posted on 06/16/2006 7:44:55 PM PDT by ARealMothersSonForever (Political troglodyte with a partisan axe to grind)
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To: Terpfen
VoIP is still obscure.

"Cars are obscure, nobody's going to buy them." -- Hank's Buggy & Horses, Inc.

15 posted on 06/16/2006 7:47:55 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (PENCE BASHERS WILL BE CALLED OUT)
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To: Terpfen

This is Europe.

Telephone service and quality are notoriously bad there.

Cell phones were a big hit along time ago there because it worked much better than land lines and wasn't nearly as regulated.

So I can believe VoIP is an improvement there.


22 posted on 06/16/2006 7:53:45 PM PDT by DB (©)
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Ha, with all the fraud going on with VOIP? You have to be kidding me.


60 posted on 06/16/2006 9:38:52 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: Terpfen
I somehow doubt that. VoIP is still obscure. The cell phone has much more to do with the demise of landline phones at home.

VoIP is mobile to the exctent you can take it with you anywhere. Took mine to Okinawa last year as the hotel where we stayed had high speed internet. People called me on my "local" phone number. Also have a virtual number so old customers in one territory can still call my old number which is "local" for them and new customers in another territory can call on a new number that is "local" to them.

If I expand to a new territory I just add another virtual number for local access to customers there.

Out of the office, call forward or simul-ring goes to my cell phone automatically.

Lose internet connection and it automatically forwards to any number I choose.

Toll-free number is also available to cover larger areas or national.

I can even get a local phone number in another country if I want customers there to be able to contact me on what would be a "local" phone call for them.

Make as many outgoing long distance calls as I want for one flat monthly charge without ALL the taxes.

My company phone bill is now 1/5th of what it was with landlines.

77 posted on 06/17/2006 4:16:28 AM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys - Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat - But they know what's best.)
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To: Terpfen
The cell phone has much more to do with the demise of landline phones at home.

You're right. But I won't shut down my landline phone until I have zero drop-offs on my cell. Right now, I have about five a day.

89 posted on 06/17/2006 9:15:31 AM PDT by ExtremeUnction
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