<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#330033">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).</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#330033"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#330033">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.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#330033"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#330033">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. </div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 4:09 PM, tom <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thomas.w.cranston@gmail.com" target="_blank">thomas.w.cranston@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I got an inquiry from a friend who lives in Marfa TX:<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
"I was talking to att u-verse about why my bill is so high.<br>
<br>
there is a bundle that is cheaper but I need to switch to digital phone,<br>
<br>
which they provide.<br>
<br>
do you know anybody who has switched to this?<br>
<br>
I worry about computer and phone from the same thing because<br>
<br>
one or the other goes down out here at times.<br>
<br>
if the are the same when computer goes so does phone.<br>
<br>
know anybody with digital home phone.<br>
<br>
should I cancel my apt for installation and keep things the way they are?<br>
<br>
I am perplexed."<br>
<br>
I am not familiar with the term "digital phone" I believe she has a land<br>
line. I have heard from people that have had good and terrible<br>
experience with att u-verse. I suggested that she put off the<br>
appointment until I can find out more.<br>
<br>
She runs windows on a fairly new Dell. She is not at all tech savvy and<br>
so I am not going to suggest Linux for her. I started using google voice<br>
for long distance and have chrome browser with hangouts on an other<br>
laptop so I can talk long distance via my laptop. That's an experiment<br>
to see how much google infringes on my privacy. I am thinking about<br>
suggesting google voice, or chrome browser with hangouts for her if she<br>
knows somebody local that can help her with it.<br>
<br>
Any thoughts appreciated.<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
Tom<br>
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