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Question of the Day: Have you ever ordered a product online and received a fake knock-off?
Hmm...I wonder how popular Vox's ADSL phone service is exactly? No stats or numbers are provided. Also, it would be interesting to see the same for the iBurst and Mweb services.
On a side track,...it seems that several voip providers / vans / new telco are providing a significant amount on free on net minutes and cheap on net rates - why don't the alternative providers (if I can call them that) get together (as not everyone is on the same providers network) and interconnect directly to slash rates even further to give the incumbent operators even more competition as well as give customers more savings and more people they can speak to for less - ultimately attract more business.
The way I see it,
a) having a ton of free on net calls does not help if everyone you know is on other networks...true?
b) the big players have millions of subscribers while (I think) that smaller players have much less - so why combine subscribers into a massive user base and (hopefully) create a snowball effect of getting more people on these voip solutions (by offering not only better rate but better service as well)
On a side track,...it seems that several voip providers / vans / new telco are providing a significant amount on free on net minutes and cheap on net rates - why don't the alternative providers (if I can call them that) get together (as not everyone is on the same providers network) and interconnect directly to slash rates even further to give the incumbent operators even more competition as well as give customers more savings and more people they can speak to for less - ultimately attract more business.
The way I see it,
a) having a ton of free on net calls does not help if everyone you know is on other networks...true?
b) the big players have millions of subscribers while (I think) that smaller players have much less - so why combine subscribers into a massive user base and (hopefully) create a snowball effect of getting more people on these voip solutions (by offering not only better rate but better service as well)
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Why not? If the telcos has more or less the same traffic, then interconnection can be free. But interconnection is there to ensure that operator A does not abuse the network of operator B. By having a charge for routing your traffic to my network, I know you will think twice if you really wants to do it.
ThatOtherGuy
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As much as I hate Telkom, the fact of the matter is that most South Africans have Telkom lines.....thus, the Closer packages are still the most cost effective options in South Africa...and I would like someone to prove me wrong on that one...And if you really wanna make cellphone calls, get a cheap contract!
And the underlying network link? How do you make that free? Willpower?
<moLe>
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hmmm..nah will stick with my cellular for calls, dont even know my landline number. So used to walking allover while on the phone, or working/phone'ing at once. So nah not for me..but vox is like the little mystery child to me, cause dont know anybody who use them.
I am aware of that. However, if interconnects don't have to work the same way as they currently work - innovate, change the way operators bill each other. For example if operator A terminates a gig of voice traffic to operator B and operator B only does 500 meg to operator A then operator pays for the difference, i.e 500 meg, that it sent to operator B.
a basic levy for maintaining the network link. price of those should be coming down any way. and if altech get their, prices go down even more
You can use a free service from www.voxalot.com to call free between a list of 2000 VOIP providers here http://www.sipbroker.com/sipbroker/action/providerWhitePages.