Re: [OM] Changing the question: was: Any suggestions for a VOIP provider?

[Chuck Norcutt]

I didn't mean to blame you for anything.  Threads changing course is a 
natural event and I do it all the time.  I just wanted to post a 
reminder that the suggested solutions were not relevant to my own problem.
Chuck Norcutt

On 12/4/2014 10:11 AM, Hughes wrote:
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> As usual, this thread has veered well off course
> >
> Sorry my fault, I was adding to the original thread content, not your modified 
> version.
> Tim
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>   From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, December 4, 2014 5:13 AM
> Subject: Re: [OM] Changing the question: was: Any suggestions for a VOIP        
> provider?
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>
> As usual, this thread has veered well off course relative to my original
> question.  I already have "carrier provided VOIP".  I've been using
> carrier provided VOIP from Comcast, Time Warner or Brighthouse for at
> least 15 years, maybe even 20.  Landlines and carrier provided VOIP are
> my preferred method of service due to high quality audio, numerous
> calling features and multiple wireless extension phones throughout the
> house.
>
> I now have VOIP in the new house provided by the local cable/internet
> provider HTC.  But the service is provided under contract to my
> homeowners association.  I can add features but can't change the
> supplier.  Nor would I want to given that I'm paying for the service in
> my monthly dues whether I use it or not.  Changing to Verizon, AT&T,
> Sprint or any other landline supplier is simply not in the cards.  I
> just want to get rid of the silly 10 cents/minute long distance charges
> when we have an hour long conversation with family members.
>
> Unlike many folks, my wife and I do not much care for our cell phones.
> We carry them primarily for communication when we're traveling. We do
> not use or need text or data services.  The phones are not attached to
> our hips and we do not advertise the numbers except to close friends and
> family for use when we're on the road.  In fact, the cell phones have
> become something of a cost liability.  Since they still carry a New York
> area code, using the new VOIP service incurs long distance charges if my
> wife calls me at the supermarket 2 miles away to remind me to pick up
> some additional item.  That will have to change soon.
>
> My take from all of this is to invest in one of Ken's "buggy whips" to
> go along with the type of service I have which is why those particular
> "buggy whips" were invented.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
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>
> On 12/3/2014 10:39 PM, Moose wrote:
> > On 12/3/2014 9:13 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
> > > > Changing the question.  How about a simple long distance provider as
> > > > I used
> > > > to have many years ago?  One where you dial the service number and
> > > > then the
> > > > number you're calling.
> > > Buggy whips.
> > Saved me the trouble, and more to the point.
> >
> > > They still exist, but barely. Many of us have free long-distance as
> > > part of our cell-phone plans. Check with Verizon, ATT and Sprint for
> > > those packages. The free long-distance is for your land-line phone,
> > > but is tied in with your monthly cell-phone contract.
> > This is not necessarily true. We have no land line from our cell
> > provider, Verizon; they don't even serve this area. Our plan does
> > include free LD, nights & weekends and within our shared prime time
> > minutes. In effect, any US number is the same price as next door.
> >
> > We DO have a land line, sort of, because Comcast's crazy pricing is
> > cheaper for Internet plus phone than alone. I don't know the number and
> > have the ringer turned off on the phone connected to it. We could call
> > out in an emergency where our cell phones don't work and the cable
> > connection does, I suppose
> >
> > > I think you can still find pre-paid long-distance calling cards at
> > > Wal-Mart.
> > And many bodegas, and so on.
> >
> > > The thing about VoIP is that there are two "types" of VoIP. There is
> > > the carrier-provided VoIP and then there is the "skype" type of VoIP
> > > which uses your Internet connection to attempt to do real-time
> > > communications over a network designed for non-real-time data.
> > I was talking to a neighbor who is in Boca Raton at the moment. Rats,
> > mice, aliens, Monte Python 'women', and who knows what else were sharing
> > the line.
> >
> > > Carrier VoIP is a different animal because it uses VoIP
> > > technology/protocol,
> > > but uses dedicated "pipes" for the purpose.
> > Yup, the 2 or three times I've tried our Comcast line, it's been
> > excellent. Whatever they are doing here, other than the slight delay for
> > a dial tone, it's better than our old copper real land line. We just
> > don't need it.
> >
> > Inter Connected Moose
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