[colug-432] Digital Phone?

[Angelo McComis]

She could "Switch" to digital phone, lower her u-verse bill, and leave her
land line intact if that's her fear (losing the copper line).

We have TWC, and we did that, and having it a while now, I can say the
"digital phone" is really nothing more than a Vonage type thing, except the
internet side is provisioned over a separate / dedicated VLAN on the Cable
Modem side. It still comes in through the same coax line, the "phone" is
still out if the cable is out, etc.

Compare the "digital phone" to standard copper / traditional, the key
difference (aside from nearly 100% uptime on the traditional side) is
there's usually free long distance.


On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 4:09 PM, tom <thomas.w.cranston at gmail.com> wrote:

> I got an inquiry from a friend who lives in Marfa TX:
>
>
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> "I was talking to att u-verse about why my bill is so high.
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> there is a bundle that is cheaper but I need to switch to digital phone,
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> which they provide.
>
> do you know anybody who has switched to this?
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> I worry about computer and phone from the same thing because
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> one or the other goes down out here at times.
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> if the are the same when computer goes so does phone.
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> know anybody with digital home phone.
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> should I cancel my apt for installation and keep things the way they are?
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> I am perplexed."
>
> I am not familiar with the term "digital phone" I believe she has a land
> line. I have heard from people that have had good and terrible
> experience with att u-verse. I suggested that she put off the
> appointment until I can find out more.
>
> She runs windows on a fairly new Dell. She is not at all tech savvy and
> so I am not going to suggest Linux for her. I started using google voice
> for long distance and have chrome browser with hangouts on an other
> laptop so I can talk long distance via my laptop. That's an experiment
> to see how much google infringes on my privacy. I am thinking about
> suggesting google voice, or chrome browser with hangouts for her if she
> knows somebody local that can help her with it.
>
> Any thoughts appreciated.
>
> Tom
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