Google Sets the Date for the End of XMPP with Google Voice
Rick:
Quote from: Ansextra on November 20, 2013, 04:30:43 am
When you pay you have a contract.
Not quite. Show me a contract that you have with your VoIP provider that GUARANTEES the services that you will receive. And the penalties when they don't.
Callcenter got cyber attacked, intermittent service for weeks and weeks.
Callcenter lost power in the storm, no service for days and days.
Callcenter's third party database provider screwed up the 911 listings which I brought to their attention, they didn't know.
No guarantee of anything.
mo832:
Quote from: Ansextra on November 20, 2013, 04:30:43 am
Free services can change at any arbitrary moment. When you pay you have a contract.
That's not entirely true either. I can't tell you how many times I have seen (and others can name their own instances) where a service that I have paid for with a contract has changed, without asking me, without telling me, and without my liking the change. It's happened with ATT/Southwestern Bell/SBC, DirecTV, Time Warner Cable, other cable companies, Verizon. Cingular, other cell phone companies, Dialup ISPs, etc. Just paying vs. not paying for something does not insure anything from unwanted changes. Even a paid company can go out of business unexpectedly. Remember Sunrocket?
Several paid cable channels used to have no commercials, and then started inserting commercials. MTV used to have music, now they have teen reality shows. Still charging.
PBS is still free and still no commercials. Just because you pay, the only thing for sure is that you pay. Nothing else is for sure.
giqcass:
Quote from: mo832 on November 20, 2013, 10:37:04 am
MTV used to have music, now they have teen reality shows. .
Excellent example. Music television should have more music. :)
mo832:
Quote from: giqcass on November 20, 2013, 12:08:19 pm
Quote from: mo832 on November 20, 2013, 10:37:04 am
MTV used to have music, now they have teen reality shows. .
Excellent example. Music television should have more music. :)
I don't ever remember getting a letter from MTV saying "beginning March 1, 1992, we will begin to reduce our music video programming, and start featuring exciting cartoons like Beavis and Butthead and Daria. Eventually, you will have a hard time finding *any* music on our network. If you agree with this change, do nothing. Your bill will not increase (*yet*). If you disagree with this change, please return the enclosed form, and your bill will be reduced by $6.00 per year, though you will be entitled to preview the new format for 12 months with no obligation. If you want the music to remain, our executives have determined you are out of luck. Thank you for being a valued MTV subscriber."
Ansextra:
Ok. I give up... :) But I'm still happy with VOIPo and that I won't back down from.
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