It is entirely possible. I have such a horrible memory for names, that I do not remember the name of the company.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: [email protected] Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone > On 12 Nov 2013, at 15:49, Alan Paganelli <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ameripage? By any chance could that have been > > > > Alan > > Sent from my iPhone 5s > > On Nov 11, 2013, at 6:12 PM, David Chittenden <[email protected]> wrote:I > >> Back in the mid 90's, I purchased a pager service with included voice was >> mail for my business. The pager service was $6 per month plus $4 per month >> for the voice mail. However, the company was running a new subscriber >> special for involved with them.$150 for lifetime service. This was at the >> time just before cell phones started becoming popular. Well, lifetime >> service, including voice mail, for $150, wow, what a bargain. I would pay it >> off in 15 months and never need to worry about paying for that service again. >> >> After 15 months of service, I broke even. After 18 months of service, the >> company folded. Cellphone service was becoming much more popular, so people >> were not using voicemail pagers as much anymore. However, the company still >> had to pay for the continuing costs of the voicemail service, and they could >> not meet their costs. So, I received 3 free months of service before I >> needed to find another system. I also needed to change all my promotional >> materials to a new phone number since I lost the pager number when the >> company went out of business. >> >> Lifetime means lifetime of the service or lifetime of the company, and the >> company must have revenue streams to cover their costs. >> >> So, when people complain about how unfair it is for a company to pass on >> their ongoing costs, remember that the alternative may well be end of >> service.. >> >> Then, consider the following. VizWiz is a project of a certain university in >> the US. I believe it is Georgia Tech, but it has been a couple years since I >> read information about it, so I may well be completely wrong about which >> university. VizWiz uses volunteers to identify pictures. However, they still >> have computer network and routing charges which they must pay. The US >> government is reducing funding to universities. I wonder how much longer >> VizWiz will continue running. >> >> We already know that Talking Goggles ceased functioning once already, for >> several months, because of some conflict with Google. >> >> Just a few things to think about when one starts feeling frustrated about >> prices of ongoing services. >> >> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA >> Email: [email protected] > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > [email protected]. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > [email protected]. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing [email protected]. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
