Why haven't telcos moved to SIP/VOIP for home service?
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@Dashrender said:
Also, POTS phones are super cheap. Brand new for less than $10.
VoIP are cheaper due to lower taxation in the US. But telcos get special rights and benefits by not doing VoIP.
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@DustinB3403 said:
I think a global PBX would be awesome. Everyone just goes out and buys a modestly priced VoIP phone. Connects it to their wireless and they would be free to call anyone in the world.
Skype, for example? LOL This product already exists.
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@Dashrender said:
@DustinB3403 said:
I think a global PBX would be awesome. Everyone just goes out and buys a modestly priced VoIP phone. Connects it to their wireless and they would be free to call anyone in the world.
The reasons service providers aren't doing this (at least in the US) is because POTS lines are abundant. Fibre is not. Which with having a global community on VoIP service you'd really need more throughput.
@scottalanmiller Ferrari vs Tractor analogy
Nah - high speed internet is available to most anyone who lives in a city. If those people can get Netflix, they can easily get phone service over that same line. Those in more rural areas have fewer or no options toward this.
Even rural areas it is getting rare to not have Internet access.
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Skype exist yes, but the idea is to be able to have a home phone type of solution, where you aren't on a laptop or desktop computer.
A true "home phone" so to speak.
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@Dashrender said:
Cox is technically all VOIP, but the modem they install into your home converts it to analog/copper to work with your traditional POTS phones.
Cox is also not a telco, they are an ISP that is competing with telcos by offing VoIP as the means to do so. ISPs will offer VoIP as their means of competing with the incumbent telcos.
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@DustinB3403 said:
Skype exist yes, but the idea is to be able to have a home phone type of solution, where you aren't on a laptop or desktop computer.
A true "home phone" so to speak.
Just a matter of getting a Skype phone. Pretty much no VoIP service doesn't have a handset option on the market.
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Companies have just been stopping making many of those products because they are ridiculous considering you can just put skype onto any smart phone, tablet or hand held device and it turns into a far more useful Skype device than if they made a dedicated one.
The market provided what you wanted long ago, had what you wanted and advanced past it.
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@DustinB3403 said:
Skype exist yes, but the idea is to be able to have a home phone type of solution, where you aren't on a laptop or desktop computer.
A true "home phone" so to speak.
How about some of these: http://www.skype.com.ar/en/download-skype/skype-phones/
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@Jason said:
@Dashrender said:
Frankly, I'm guessing for the most part, that all calling moves across the same or similar pipes that the internet uses.
911 paths are required to be analog still.
What do you mean, the paths? You can call 911 from all kinds of non-analogue lines.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Jason said:
@Dashrender said:
Frankly, I'm guessing for the most part, that all calling moves across the same or similar pipes that the internet uses.
911 paths are required to be analog still.
What do you mean, the paths? You can call 911 from all kinds of non-analogue lines.
sure, but the call into the PSAP is still analog.
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@Jason said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@Jason said:
@Dashrender said:
Frankly, I'm guessing for the most part, that all calling moves across the same or similar pipes that the internet uses.
911 paths are required to be analog still.
What do you mean, the paths? You can call 911 from all kinds of non-analogue lines.
sure, but the call into the PSAP is still analog.
Really? Not even PRI? That seems crazy. How completely fragile and insane.
But even so, that would be on the other side of the PSTN, not on our side.
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@DustinB3403 said:
Skype exist yes, but the idea is to be able to have a home phone type of solution, where you aren't on a laptop or desktop computer.
A true "home phone" so to speak.
You'd be surprised, there were several phones at Best Buy the last time I looked (5 years ago) that connected directly to Skype - though I can't recall if they did it through your PC via the local network or not.
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@Dashrender said:
@DustinB3403 said:
Skype exist yes, but the idea is to be able to have a home phone type of solution, where you aren't on a laptop or desktop computer.
A true "home phone" so to speak.
You'd be surprised, there were several phones at Best Buy the last time I looked (5 years ago) that connected directly to Skype - though I can't recall if they did it through your PC via the local network or not.
there are both. Some USB handsets for your PC and stand alone phones.
