Will Google Voice be free in 2013
JohnBowler:
Quote from: jeff@jeffmusto.com on June 30, 2012, 06:56:08 am
Most of us are using the OBi and Google Voice to make and receive free calls in the USA and Canada.
The OBi uses the internet; you are paying for that. (Even if you take your OBiWifi equipped Obi202 down to Starbucks every time you make a phone call you are still paying via overpriced coffee!)
If you have a connection that permits unlimited download and upload (or if you never hit your limit) you might think you have free calls because there is no marginal cost to making an additional telephone call, but if you think about it a little you will see that your local telephone company also provides "free" calls by that definition because it will happily offer you a monthly subscription with unlimited calling in the US etc.
As I said, this isn't new because telephone companies in the US have offered "free local calling" for years; indeed getting measured rate local service in the US is apparently impossible (you have to spend half an hour explaining the concept to the customer service people!) This is because US telephone companies make their money by charging monthly subscriptions to a fixed base of customers who have no choice but to pay.
John Bowler <jbowler@acm.org>
jeff@jeffmusto.com:
Ok what ever you say ???
Lavarock7:
It will probably be free as it has been for years now. Even if not, there are plenty of cheap services that you can use with the Obi boxes.
davefred99:
Quote from: JohnBowler on June 30, 2012, 06:50:39 pm
Quote from: jeff@jeffmusto.com on June 30, 2012, 06:56:08 am
Most of us are using the OBi and Google Voice to make and receive free calls in the USA and Canada.
The OBi uses the internet; you are paying for that. (Even if you take your OBiWifi equipped Obi202 down to Starbucks every time you make a phone call you are still paying via overpriced coffee!)
If you have a connection that permits unlimited download and upload (or if you never hit your limit) you might think you have free calls because there is no marginal cost to making an additional telephone call, but if you think about it a little you will see that your local telephone company also provides "free" calls by that definition because it will happily offer you a monthly subscription with unlimited calling in the US etc.
As I said, this isn't new because telephone companies in the US have offered "free local calling" for years; indeed getting measured rate local service in the US is apparently impossible (you have to spend half an hour explaining the concept to the customer service people!) This is because US telephone companies make their money by charging monthly subscriptions to a fixed base of customers who have no choice but to pay.
John Bowler <jbowler@acm.org>
How is any of that useful to the OP. Sounds like a Political speak! ???
jeff@jeffmusto.com:
In you opinion, what are the best cheap service that you can use with the Obi box?
Quote from: Lavarock7 on June 30, 2012, 08:27:14 pm
It will probably be free as it has been for years now. Even if not, there are plenty of cheap services that you can use with the Obi boxes.
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