Comments on: Dual-mode service won’t interest US consumers http://ipurbia.com/2007/03/dual-mode-service-wont-interest-us-consumers.html Telecom/Internet News, Rumors, and Rants Fri, 05 Oct 2007 13:54:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://ipurbia.com/2007/03/dual-mode-service-wont-interest-us-consumers.html/comment-page-1#comment-19 Anonymous Sat, 24 Mar 2007 21:21:00 +0000 http://ipurbia.com/?p=48#comment-19 Clint,<br/>I agree with you on this dual mode offering not by Provider but by devices only .<br/>I deploy a city-wide wi-fi network, and my clients like to use the cell based device with web based VoIP to PSTN, and since Canada made phone number portable, now the carriers are fighing to keep their customers, this dual mode service will force the Cell providers to offer cheaper service and may even offer free incoming calls to avoid losing clientels, this is when Wi-Fi voip to PSTN paly a major difference for consumers, (i.e., You use a wi-fi enable phone to call a Cell phone user, the cell user now picked up the incoming call without incurring an additional charges and now the Cell user will use the wi-fi network to call home (PSTN LAN line), the call are now using wi-fi network and it is not being billed also) you get the idea?<br/>Mike Clint,
I agree with you on this dual mode offering not by Provider but by devices only .
I deploy a city-wide wi-fi network, and my clients like to use the cell based device with web based VoIP to PSTN, and since Canada made phone number portable, now the carriers are fighing to keep their customers, this dual mode service will force the Cell providers to offer cheaper service and may even offer free incoming calls to avoid losing clientels, this is when Wi-Fi voip to PSTN paly a major difference for consumers, (i.e., You use a wi-fi enable phone to call a Cell phone user, the cell user now picked up the incoming call without incurring an additional charges and now the Cell user will use the wi-fi network to call home (PSTN LAN line), the call are now using wi-fi network and it is not being billed also) you get the idea?
Mike

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