OT: Suggestions for DSL and VOIP

[Craig White]

On Wed, 2005-09-28 at 08:27 -0700, Siri Amrit Kaur wrote:
> On Wednesday 28 September 2005 08:14 am Joseph Sinclair kindly wrote:
> > Correct me if I'm misunderstanding something, but why would you
> > need a third line?  
> 
> I don't need a third line if I go with DSL. If I don't go with DSL, I 
> need a third line. I figured that using DSL would be cheaper than 
> keeping my modem and getting a 3rd line. Sorry if I was confusing.
> >
> > That said, If you're interested in VOIP, I'd wait until you know
> > how reliable the DSL will be for you before considering VOIP.  Some
> > people get near-perfect reliability, and some people find the
> > system disconnects every 2-10 hours due to marginal signal
> > strength.  You'll probably be somewhere in between, so it's best to
> > see what you're getting before committing to additional services
> > that depend on DSL.
> >
> Thanks. I've been on calls before that had terrible echos and 
> sentences were so broken up it was impossible to communicate. I 
> suspect they were using VOIP. It makes me hesitate to use it for 
> business.
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you're probably going to want a regular line for business use - you can
add VOIP at any time, experiment with it and get comfortable with it and
decide if you can opt out later.

Craig


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