>
>
>...DSL can't reach my area just yet.
>
>However, when it does I am switching because you don't need to have an active phone line anymore (accoring to Dustin at Rapid Systems) and they have a local company that does IP phone similar to Vonage...and all of that is even less than I am paying now.
>
I thought about going the "VoIP only"' route, but decided not to for the
following reasons:
1) Voice quality deteriorates rapidly if you're doing a big download
while trying to talk on the phone
2) I am a *massive* long distance user, what with phone interviews for
stories + corporate conferences, so I need "unlimited" LD, not X # of
minutes per month.
3) Since I work on the Internet, it makes me uncomfortable to go without
dialup as backup, so I need to maintain a POTS line. I am a bit worried
about Verizon as my single voice/ supplier, but I can always revert to
my AT&T cell phone (and use it - slowly - for data, too) if Verizon
voice + DSL both stop working. I am a serious believer in
redunancy/backup systems. (This belief has saved my butt many times over
the years.)
If I worked in an office, instead of from home, I might go the pure VoIP
route, with cell phone as backup.
Different people have different needs. That's why I prize consumer
choice over monopolies as much as I do. :)
- Robin
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
This list is provided as an unmoderated internet service by Networked
Knowledge Systems (NKS). Views and opinions expressed in messages
posted are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the
official policy or position of NKS or any of its employees.
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.3 : Fri Aug 01 2014 - 18:29:51 EDT