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Qwest Launches VoIP Trial
prostoalex writes "Qwest Communications International, a local phone operator covering 14 Northern and Western United States, launched its first Voice-over-IP trial in Minneapolis/St.Paul area. 'The future of voice communications will be based on the Internet', Qwest's CEO was quoted as saying." Also in the news: some vague plans by AT&T to use VoIP as well.
Hate to tell you, telemarketers are already using VoIP to lower the costs and doing it overseas. They don't have to wait for telcos to do that. My company, though not a telemarketing company, but has call center presence in other countries, make extensive use of VoIP.
Yes. Vonage does exactly this. Although it can work over cable as well.
I've had full access to all of Qwest's services. That's probably because I live 2 miles west of Minneapolis, but I don't want their service.
They have horrible customer service, lousy phone service, and they use creative billing practices. I had to double check every bill and call to complain at least every other month.
For a while, we ditched the land line completely for cell phones. Then, McLeod USA started offering residential lines in our area. We signed up, and now we have a landline cheaper and more reliable than Qwest could ever hope for.
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"Vengeance is fine," sayeth the Lord.
Except of course apparently where the RIAA is concerned where its ok to copy analog (fm stereo) but not digital (cd).
Actually it wasn't OK with the RIAA for you to copy FM radio to analog tape. But the courts made them allow it, by identifying a right to make a personal-use copy for listening to the broadcast program at a time other than that of the broadcast ("time-shifting").
Bantam Dominique roosters crow a four-note song. Once you've heard it as "Happy BIRTHday" you can't NOT hear it that way
Vonage and Deltathree support fax. Packet 8 doesn't support fax.