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maryjane
Vonage Forum Evangelist


Joined: Dec 22, 2005
Posts: 409
Location: Michigan
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Isn't the number 1 reason most started vonage was for the $avings ???
That is what I figured so now what I do not understand is how a new voip provider's ( A Cable Company also ) starting price is $40.00 - ONLY if you have it bundled with there other services. The prices escalate from there up to $54.95 per month.
Doesn't make sense, even if they claim to provide a better service....... well heck then a customer would be better off staying with land line and bypass ANY problems...
Tossing my thoughts out there |
_________________ Location......Michigan
ISP...............Comcast
Voip..............Vonage
Router..........Linksys RTP300 FV1.00.60
Modem.........Motorola SB5100 |
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maryjane
Vonage Forum Evangelist


Joined: Dec 22, 2005
Posts: 409
Location: Michigan
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Isn't the number 1 reason most started vonage was for the $avings ???
That is what I figured so now what I do not understand is how a new voip provider's ( A Cable Company also ) starting price is $40.00 - ONLY if you have it bundled with there other services. The prices escalate from there up to $54.95 per month.
Doesn't make sense, even if they claim to provide a better service....... well heck then a customer would be better off staying with land line and bypass ANY problems...
Tossing my thoughts out there |
The reason I had posted that was after reading this ZDNetBlog
Some things just do not make sense....Vonage said ...............
Until recently, our target market has been composed largely of early adopters, or people who tend to seek out new technologies and services. Attracting customers away from their existing providers will become more difficult as the early adopter market becomes saturated and mainstream customers make up more of our target market. These competitors could focus their substantial financial resources to develop competing technology that may be more attractive to potential customers than what we offer. ...
Seemed to me the target was cheap price with alot of features... And then they said this...............
In addition, because of the other services our competitors provide, they may choose to offer VoIP services as part of a bundle that includes other products, such as video, high speed Internet access and wireless telephone service, which we do not offer. This bundle may enable our competitors to offer VoIP service at prices with which we may not be able to compete or to offer functionality that integrates VoIP service with their other offerings, both of which may be more desirable to consumers.............
With the prices I'm seeing from Bundled Packages I sure would'nt be jumping ship for those prices. |
_________________ Location......Michigan
ISP...............Comcast
Voip..............Vonage
Router..........Linksys RTP300 FV1.00.60
Modem.........Motorola SB5100 |
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