Comments on: Rogers's Unveils Cable Telephony Plan

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 18:43:04 +0000

It is their VoIP offering — just not a Voice-over-Internet offering. They don't have one.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 29 Jun 2005 21:23:04 +0000

So what exactly is the compelling argument to leave your existing Bell/Sprint PSTN connection…you love Rogers and/or hate Bell/Sprint?!?
Um, this your Sprint connection. That's the whole point.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 29 Jun 2005 21:12:58 +0000

No LD?!? So what exactly is the compelling argument to leave your existing Bell/Sprint PSTN connection…you love Rogers and/or hate Bell/Sprint?!?
The whole point of VoIP has been the ability to take advantage of the existing infrastructure of the Internet to greatly reduce the cost of long distance. With respect to the posting above this, you're exactly right…this is your father's phone service, and with this attitude towards pricing, I can't imagine anyone being interested in signing on.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 29 Jun 2005 19:57:30 +0000

It's probably relevant that this is exactly Sprint's pricing — they were grandfathering an already-existing offering, not setting new pricing to compete with all the other offerings out there.
In other words, a stability play. Start with Sprint's installed base, hit the ground running, and announce any changes (LD inclusions, whatever) later. Though I wouldn't count on it — they're targetting Bell's core home phone customers here, not VoIP early-adopters.
The underlying idea is that this is your father's phone service. The stodgy pricing bolsters that.