Comments on: Survey says more households with cell-only than landline-only http://mrblog.org/2007/08/28/survey-says-more-households-with-cell-only-than-landline-only/ Mr Blog. Very technical, or silly, sometimes absurd. Wed, 21 Jul 2010 01:07:07 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Mnoj http://mrblog.org/2007/08/28/survey-says-more-households-with-cell-only-than-landline-only/comment-page-1/#comment-735 Mnoj Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:14:23 +0000 http://mrblog.televolution.net/?p=337#comment-735 If I were not personally a direct protagonist in the debate, the Ooma vs. PhoneGnome thing would be one of the most interesting things going on in VoIP right now and I'd sure have some things to say about it here. Unfortunately, my direct involvement leaves Mr Blog out of this rather fun topic for the most part.<br /> FierceVoIP did interview me last week, and that went on their site today (see PhoneGnome answers ooma's call). Many thanks to Senior Editor Deborah McAdams for giving me the opportunity.<br /> <br /> I'd certainly like to see more real-world PhoneGnome users jumping in, as a lot of the comments seem to be of somewhat "questionable" origin, IMHO, with out-of-date information and suspiciously consistent falsehoods, almost as though they are all the same person or working off the same script. If I were not personally a direct protagonist in the debate, the Ooma vs. PhoneGnome thing would be one of the most interesting things going on in VoIP right now and I’d sure have some things to say about it here. Unfortunately, my direct involvement leaves Mr Blog out of this rather fun topic for the most part.
FierceVoIP did interview me last week, and that went on their site today (see PhoneGnome answers ooma’s call). Many thanks to Senior Editor Deborah McAdams for giving me the opportunity.

I’d certainly like to see more real-world PhoneGnome users jumping in, as a lot of the comments seem to be of somewhat "questionable" origin, IMHO, with out-of-date information and suspiciously consistent falsehoods, almost as though they are all the same person or working off the same script.

]]> By: Tom http://mrblog.org/2007/08/28/survey-says-more-households-with-cell-only-than-landline-only/comment-page-1/#comment-734 Tom Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:05:15 +0000 http://mrblog.televolution.net/?p=337#comment-734 I think what is signifcant here is not so much cell phone versus landline. But that voip will never really be a replacement for a landline; but only a supplement for cheap calling. <br /> <br /> The simplicity of pluging a phone into the wall and having it work without worring about configuration, power, batteries, etc. is just such an asset to the old fashioned landline.<br /> <br /> Cell phone will soon offer unlimited talk time. It is hard to see the possition of VOIP for household aftewr that. I think what is signifcant here is not so much cell phone versus landline. But that voip will never really be a replacement for a landline; but only a supplement for cheap calling.

The simplicity of pluging a phone into the wall and having it work without worring about configuration, power, batteries, etc. is just such an asset to the old fashioned landline.

Cell phone will soon offer unlimited talk time. It is hard to see the possition of VOIP for household aftewr that.

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