Re: Long distance carriers going with VoIP

["R.H.Campbell" <rh.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The point was that VoIP is a coming technology that we as an industry damned
well better be prepared to meet head on in some fashion, or it's going to
steamroller right over us !

As a matter of fact, I haven't lost track of the six systems so far that
I've lost to VoIP. One came back after paying Bell over $100 to reinstall
his line. The others simply went "local" (without my decals....). Other
potential clients that have called, I turn away with an explanation.....

One thing you can say about a Bell phone - it's far more likely to work and
keep on working during times of real emergency. Plus it always sounds good
!! And for $5 monthly, I added 1000 minutes of long distance to my analog
service. Frankly, I have yet to see any real reason to get rid of
conventional phone service, but...hey....it's the consumer who makes the
final decision, and who will determine how far this trend goes and how soon
!!!  Clients who do have VoIP (in addition to their POTS line) say that in
instances where they call a lot to places like India, Pakistan and far away
countries, they save big time on LD. I can see that.....

RHC

"mikey" <loismustdie@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:c4mdnYFUnchSuQ_eRVn-oA@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> His post was him beating his chest again, you say he had a point, what was
> that exactly?
> Did he tell us what alarm panel his lordship was using?
> He used to have some interesting (probably stolen) tips but now he's just
> silly.
> Are you following up to see what these customers you lose are doing with
> their alarm systems?
> Maybe it's an opportunity to upgrade to internet monitoring, fuck Voip.
> I've never heard the voice quality of that shit either, is it like digital
> cell phones?, fucking yuck.
> I cherish my analog cell phone, people can actually talk to me, it's
> great.



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