The phone service that Comcast sells is VOIP, although they only tell you that you ask. Is Cox the same? -- Larry Hess, CPA | Albuquerque, NM
On 9/23/07, Levi Wallach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It's definitely interesting. We currently have an unlimited landline > through our cable company (Cox). Perhaps we could go back to our old > emergency landline (mainly for emergencies and for our alarm system) and > replace it with this? I'll have to look into this more. One question - can > one travel with this? I would think this would be a big advantage so that > you could get unlimited calling wherever you go, and deal with areas where > the reception isn't great. But will this work in areas where there just > aren't any cell towers anywhere near? I'm assuming it probably also won't > work in other countries that don't have CDMA service at all? > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] on behalf of Don Ferguson > Sent: Sat 9/22/2007 9:21 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [Treo] Sprint Introduces Airave To Help Weak Reception > > > > Well, we'll find out soon since I just picked one up. > > My view of it is a little less cynical, though. Since I'm in the test > market (Denver) I get the device for free. I will now be paying > $15/month for unlimited calling while I'm connected to my own little > cell tower in my house. They say it covers 5000 square feet. The > footprint of the first floor of my house is 2300 square feet, so I'm > assuming this will work outside to some extent as well. > > As a practical matter, that means I can: > > 1. Reduce my cellular plan by the number of minutes I typically use the > cell phone from home. > > 2. Finally eliminate my second line at home since I'll not only get a > strong, consistent 5-bar signal inside my house, but get all calls > included in the $15. > > 3. Possibly eliminate my primary home line at some point since this > service has a GPS-based e911 component. > > In addition, although this doesn't apply to me, this could also allow a > Sprint user with NO reception at home or another location to make > unlimited calls from that location. A rural mountain user here in > Colorado, for instance, could have Sprint service at home even where > there is no cellular coverage, and the pick up the regular Sprint > network upon entering "civilization". > > I will probably always have a land line of some sort since my burglar > alarm uses one, but even now that line has been reduced to just a > $15/month basic line with no extras. I have VOIP lines that I actually > use (Vonage and Broadvoice) and I have to say that cellular compares > very well in call quality to them. Now that the "cell tower" will be > right in the house, from the phone's point of view, battery consumption > should be reduced on the Treo as well as it won't have to reach very > hard for a signal. > > I see this as analogous in purpose, but not implementation, to the > T-Mobile [EMAIL PROTECTED] service: both are targeted at allowing people to > eliminate a home line. Each has strengths: Sprint's offering works > with all Sprint CDMA phones, not just a limited set of special phones. > T-Mobile's offering can work anywhere (especially at Starbucks or other > hotspot) there's a wifi network, not just at one location. > > In an office/home environment, however, since the Sprint device is not > limited to just one phone, one could have a home one of these and an > office one, and do unlimited calls at those two locations for $15/month > each. Depends on how one uses the setup, I guess, as to which way to > go, but at $15/month this will pay for itself, for me. > > Cheers, > Don > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > john.messeder > Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2007 8:15 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Treo] Sprint Introduces Airave To Help Weak Reception > > That was the first thought I had - a new sales approach: instead of > great service for everyone, Sprint has opted for service /a la carte/. > > Lio wrote: > > > > Or are they just charging you for bad service [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
