[blu] broadband phones?

[david at thekramers.net (David Kramer)]

On Mon, 29 Nov 2004, John Chambers wrote:

> David Kramer writes:
> | According to others here, it sounds like I might be able to do it if I
> | cuss enough at the phone company, who will still charge me something
> | monthly for the wire without dialtone, and Speakeasy will charge me a
> | little more for running DSL over a wire without dialtone.  By the time I'm
> | done, I can't imagine the monthly savings would be worth it.  I could be
> | wrong, since I don't have hard numbers.
> 
> Hey, you have speakeasy.  Ask  them;  they're  selling  the
> service you want in our neighborhood.  The impression I get
> is that the basic service costs about the  same  as  DSL  +
> POTS,  and any saving is from free long-distance calls.  If
> they can do it in your  neighborhood,  and  you  make  many
> long-distance calls, you'll probably save money.

They have excellent support.  I'll fire off an email to them this week.

> Of course, they don't have an incentive to make  sure  that
> you save very much money ...  ;-)

They do if they end up with some of the money I'm paying Verizon right 
now.

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