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| Comcast, Vonage or Landline?; What for Daughter #3? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Dec 17 2008, 10:22 AM (125 Views) | |
| George K | Dec 17 2008, 10:22 AM Post #1 |
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Daughter #3 moved into a new apartment last month, and because of location, she frequently has a problem with getting a cell on her cellphone (our town is lousy for that). So, she's thinking about a landline. She has cable/internet through Comcast, and is thinking about adding phone service. Here's what I told her:
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Axtremus | Dec 17 2008, 10:27 AM Post #2 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Get one of those UPS backup battery thingie, and plug the DSL or cable modem and the Internet phone thingie to the UPS backup battery thingie. Then you will continue to have Internet and phone when the power is down. ![]() |
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| Frank_W | Dec 17 2008, 10:32 AM Post #3 |
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Resident Misanthrope
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Not if the internet service has an outage, the way Charter Communications and Comcast are famous for. Even if the power ISN'T out, they still have outages left and right, and they can never tell the user how long it's going to be out, what the trouble is, or anything else. "Yes.. There appears to be an outage in your area..." I actually made an FCC complaint against Charter Communications because I had so many problems, the entire summer, with them. My elderly neighbors have their bundled television, internet, and phone service. If they needed emergency services, they'd be sh!t out of luck. This is bullsh!t. After three months, they finally figured out what was wrong with my whole street's internet service: There was a signal amplifier that had been struck by lightning and was full of water, about a quarter mile down the road.
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Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin." Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!" | |
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| The 89th Key | Dec 17 2008, 10:33 AM Post #4 |
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I've used Vonage before and it worked perfectly fine. Besides that, I think you have your pros/cons in order. If it were me, I'd go with a traditional landline unless it's significantly more expensive. |
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| George K | Dec 17 2008, 10:34 AM Post #5 |
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Yeah, I thought of that, but it's my technically challenged daughter... |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Frank_W | Dec 17 2008, 10:35 AM Post #6 |
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Resident Misanthrope
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Land line gets my vote, too. It's the most dependable, and if she wants/needs a cell phone, well.. That's up to her, right? |
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Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin." Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!" | |
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| George K | Dec 17 2008, 10:46 AM Post #7 |
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She has a cellphone, but it's unreliable where she lives. |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| jon-nyc | Dec 17 2008, 10:52 AM Post #8 |
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Cheers
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I still like my landline - it works all the time and it sounds better. I really hate talking on a cellphone, when someone calls me on it at home or at the office, I always call them back from the land line. |
| In my defense, I was left unsupervised. | |
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| The 89th Key | Dec 17 2008, 10:54 AM Post #9 |
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Me too, J. Well at least at work...I call people from my desk phone. At home, my cell *is* my home phone, but the quality is good enough I suppose. |
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| Frank_W | Dec 17 2008, 10:57 AM Post #10 |
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Resident Misanthrope
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Did away with my home phone. I was getting creepy calls from some woman, from a number that wouldn't show up on Caller ID.
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Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin." Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!" | |
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| brenda | Dec 17 2008, 11:17 AM Post #11 |
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Tell Crash. Maybe it was Teh Woman. |
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“Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.” ~A.A. Milne | |
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| Frank_W | Dec 17 2008, 11:20 AM Post #12 |
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Resident Misanthrope
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Heh... Somehow, I doubt it. |
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Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin." Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!" | |
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| RosemaryTwo | Dec 17 2008, 12:33 PM Post #13 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I've had nothing but trouble with Comcast. A long list of problems. I agree with Jon and 89th -- I do all of my calls on a land line and use the cell only when mobile. |
| "Perhaps the thing to do is just to let stupid run its course." Aqua | |
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| QuirtEvans | Dec 17 2008, 01:04 PM Post #14 |
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I Owe It All To John D'Oh
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Me too. |
| It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010. | |
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| jon-nyc | Dec 17 2008, 01:46 PM Post #15 |
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Cheers
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Look at us with our newspaper subscriptions and landlines. We're the last holdouts! |
| In my defense, I was left unsupervised. | |
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| RosemaryTwo | Dec 17 2008, 03:31 PM Post #16 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Yeah, baby. Except I have one TV. But it's old and thick and I don't watch any shows on it, so I may actually lose cool points. Not having a TV is likely cooler than having the one I have and using it the way I do. |
| "Perhaps the thing to do is just to let stupid run its course." Aqua | |
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