Re: Security System and self monitoring

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The client only saves on long distance right? You still have to have a
network connection and pay for that right?



"Jen...tel" <poleclimber@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1126306687.292040.271670@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> That's right for now, voip don't pay into the systems they are using.
> That's changing.  PSTN is now open to voip but they have to pay like
> everyone else.  So those low voip rates are going up if you want 9-1-1
> service.  Add another buck or two a month.  Number portability has
> become a issue when people find out they can port to voip but voip
> didn't have to port to another service.  People complain and now voip
> will have to pay and provide for the service, add another dollar or 2 a
> month.
> Connectivity was favorable to voip since they could lease local lines
> at a cost lower from what the phone company paid to maintain them.
> That's gone with the last FCC ruling.  Voip must pay market rates.  Add
> another dollar or 2 to the monthly bill.
> Let's not forget that voip has ZERO standards that they have to meet.
> If state and federal agencies get too many complaints they will want to
> cover their cost and that means voip paying just like the phone
> company.
> Voip is cheap 'cause it's not phone service, anyone who thinks it is or
> that it will conquer the world is full of it. Voip is getting a second
> look now that people have been nearly killed using it and because it's
> not "REAL" phone service, and rates are going up as they start paying
> their way and the free rides end.
>