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VoIP Price War Declared

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the battle-met dept.

gardel writes "Voxilla reports that a VoIP price war was declared today. An announcement that AT&T would drop its prices for its CallVantage Service from $34.99 to $29.99 per month was followed quickly by an announcement that Vonage would drop the price on its unlimited calling plan to $25 a month from the previous $29.99. Analysts say the price cuts show the VoIP market is not only competitive, but it's serious."

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  1. Still about $20 too much by metamatic · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The problem I have with my phone service is that the fixed per-month charge is about 5x what I pay for the actual calls I make.

    I'd much rather have more expensive calls, and a lower per-month fee. I have no trouble with paying 5 cents a minute to make a call; it's paying $25+ a month for no calls that pisses me off.

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    1. Re:Still about $20 too much by angle_slam · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Just did some calculations. At 3.9 cents for additional minutes, if you use less than 884 minutes per month, you're better off getting the 500 minute plan and paying overage charges.

    2. Re:Still about $20 too much by extremescholar · · Score: 4, Interesting

      How about setting up your own Asterisk server (yes, it's Linux, but it works, get over it). Then you can use VoicePulse Connect! to get a cheap rate for an incoming line.

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  2. What's the 411 on VOIP? by toupsie · · Score: 5, Interesting

    How is the quality of the VOIP services? Are there delays? Dropouts? Access to local 911? What happens when the power goes out in my house?

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  3. It still sounds expensive to me. by genericacct · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I realize Americans have the all-you-can-eat mentality more so than the rest of the world, but is an unlimited domestic long-distance plan really the only way they can compete? I don't make enough long distance calls to justify that much for land-line voice service, and I have broadband. I suppose it's cheaper than a POTS line plus unlimited long distance, but of the people with broadband, I don't see a huge market to compete within. Please enlighen me if this is really a fast-growing market segment, because I just don't see it.

  4. HA HA! HA HA HEH! by techsoldaten · · Score: 4, Interesting

    When I signed up for Vonage, it cost me $40 a month which was a huge savings off the $60 a month I was paying for traditional service.

    Now the price is going down to $25 a month? This is amazing. I was briefly considering building my own VoIP system, this news makes it not the worth the trouble to go out and buy the parts I would need.

    Now I have time to focus on all the other projects I've been thinking about.

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