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| Thread ID: 81217 | 2007-07-20 22:28:00 | Vodafone fixed line | miknz (3731) | PC World Chat |
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| 570617 | 2007-07-21 10:28:00 | In short unbundling should financially benefit your business. The idea behind unbundling is that your not forced to get a phone line from Telecom for $43 a month that you may or may not need to use with your BB that costs you an additional x$ depending on your ISP. In theory when the networks are finally unbundled you will be able to just get BB from your preferred ISP at the cost of x$ which you will then be able to run Skype or other VOIP software over which will take care of your telephone calls which will also be MUCH cheaper than they are now + you will have your BB internet which will be the only expense so you win both ways. My problem with skype for your phone line, is that it isn't as reliable as your regular phone line, which is almost rock solid. I mean what happens if your ADSL is down, and you need to make an emergency phone call. It takes a few minutes to reset the router if it needs rebooting, and ISPs such as slingshot regually have adsl outages. |
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| 570618 | 2007-07-21 10:34:00 | Very true. I guess we will just have to wait and see what options present themselves in September. Hopefully more than what is currently aviable. Ideally under VOIP your call should be re routed if part of the network goes down however as we have discovered this doesn't always happen in practice. | winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 570619 | 2007-07-22 19:55:00 | I would like to know how Telecom can get away with charging 71 cents a minute to call a mobile phone. That is their standard price if you are not on some sort of deal or special plan. It has been that price since mobile phone first came in 20 years ago ! And yes I for one would not be that keep to go VOIP. Witess what happens with a power cut if you have a cordless phone ! I was involved with selling telephone services and it is customer service that wins or loses you customers. If Vodaphone cannot get its act together when you are a potential new customer what will they be like once you have signed up ! ? It does seem a shame that they are not spot on because any sort of competition like this can only be good for us all. Regards Digby |
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