The phone from 1876 dead, now it's ** VOIP
Dear COX,
Do you realize that your new and improved VOIP service is not wanted, nor does it work? The traditional copper telephone line is king, as it doesn't require a modem, coaxial cables, elect...
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In my opinion, the geeks screwed up the phone industry only for their own advantage. Displays such as caller id, etc have neen long supported on several platforms, both digital and analog. The Mitel Superset 7 phones provided display information, yet were analog sets. The display info came via "COV", carrier over voice. Digital systems provided such info as part of the stream. In my opinion the "need" to go VOIP is just the geeks trying to capitalize and justify their own need. For all their fancy bells and whistles, when their servers mess up, you better have a cell phone to call the telco. As for nomorobo, Cox is just copping out by saying it HAS to be VOIP. The caller ID info is presented to the switching platform before it is presented to the station, and should NOT require the 'need' to go VOIP. VOIP in my opinion is cute but over rated.
