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Vonage Also, I don't know why you say no softphones or virtual numbers outside your cable
Also, I don't know why you say no softphones or virtual numbers outside your cable company's area of service. As for softphone, I know part of Comcast's long-term strategy involves SIP support so any hardware or software that supports it can connect to your ATA. And the area code thing...can you explain what would prevent Comcast or anyone else from providing those area codes? Skype can do it, Vonage can do it...obviously a physical presence in each area code isn't a requirement, so why do you say it's not possible for a cable company?
Yeah there are issues to be worked out obviously, which is why it's not a service at rollout. But Comcast has said that's definitely in their future plans. I don't think they are interested in portability as much as they are committed to SIP devices interfacing directly with the ATA, at least that's what most of their comments have focused on. But obviously that allows for some inherent portability features that aren't that hard to imagine.
I don't think we can really call Vonage's technical implementation and feature set the "high water mark" of Voip, something that can't be equalled or surpassed by newer or more efficient technology. The future of Voip isn't necessarily an RT31P2 connected directly to my cable modem.
Well the coming FCC regulations concerning Voip may do away with the need for third-party deals altogether, since area codes are becoming geographicalyl irrelevant already. But certainly Comcast can do it just the same as Vonage or Skype if the demand is there. Skype charges what, $3 for that? And if Skype can do it, obviously the nation's largest provider of cable and broadband data services can do it, too.
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