MORE, not FREE: open letter to VoIP players
Guest post by Luca Filigheddu, from Italy's Abbeynet, makers of Sitofono.
Dear VoIP players out there,
I would like to ask you a big favor. Please, please, don't give me more FREE calls. I don't want them. I have always been used to pay for phone calls, it's not a problem. Fair rates of course, but not free. I don't want it. And you can save your VC's money. It's a bargain for me and for you. Please, don't keep offering me FREE calls.
On the other hand, I want something more from you. Give me new services. Give me GrandCentral. Give me Sitofono for my company. Give me Iotum. Give me Roam4Free. Give me MORE. I don't want FREE calls, I want MORE.
I pay: €30/month for my DSL connection; €36/month for my Satellite service; about €50/month in mobile traffic for my wife; about €100/month in energy at home; and something else I don't remember now :-) I'm willing to pay for phone traffic, but give me more services.
Now, Gizmo+GrandCentral is one of my preferred services. Sitofono is from my company, so I cannot give more comments of course (more here). Iotum TalkNow is a must-have, but I'm waiting for a Symbian version.
In conclusion, dear VoIP company, give me bundles, give me flat rates with a lot of services included, give me MORE! I would really appreciate.
Sincerely,
Luca
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Comments
Nothing in this world is FREE...
Someone, somwhere has to eventually pay the bill. Just like FREE email and FREE search engines.. the advertisers are paying the bill.. and it is a win-win-win situation for the customer, advertiser and provider.
The same with FREE Voip.... AdCalls, Inc. has a patent pending Advertiser Supported business model that provides FREE Voip (PC2Phone). Similar to Yahoo and Google with their email and search engines, AdCalls also has a WIN-WIN-WIN situation.
For those who would like to make FREE calls, go to www.adcalls.com.
Also, US and UK troops can call home free from Iraqw and Afghanistan using the AdCalls FREE Voip.
Posted by: Al Krauza | June 7, 2007 09:46 AM
Luca, I disagree.
You seem to be just rich with all the services you can afford. But not everyone has these possibilities.
I really like free calls. I pay 45 dollars monthly for a 16 Mbps DSL connection and try to only do free phone calls. That's a fair price.
But it could be even cheaper, regarding that people in poorer countries also want to talk. The real scandal is that I can call Peru for free or 1,5 Euro Cent. But Peruvians have to pay up to 10 times more for a local call on their fixed line.
Telefónica de España is squeezing them out while they behave in our markets as a price breaker.
I whish these people had the same possibilities as I have, since their wages are up to ten times lower, even if they belong to the middle class. So I always recommend them to use their internet connection also for phone calls. Unfortunately many still don't understand VoIP.
I am really looking forward to the time when all calls are SIP to SIP - and free like emails. People should pay only for the data pipe, everything else should be included. The communication should be free, regardless whether it's by email, instant messenger or phone.
Until we arrive at this point I try to reach exactly this scenario by playing around with the cheapest VoIP providers and looking for free Break-In numbers. So that my fellows from abroad can at least call me for local prices. What I liked most in the last time are Gizmocalls free local numbers.
The coolest thing I knew lately is a GSM gateway. It forwards calls to a VoIP number for free to a mobile phone. Also it lets you make free international calls from your cell phone by calltrough.
So you can use VoIP even without internet.
Best regards,
Markus Göbel
Posted by: Markus Goebel | June 8, 2007 12:20 AM
"(...) give me more services", you ask.
hmm...
what about: "Give me BETTER services?"
I definitely don't want MORE. Of anything really. It's time for quality to reign over quantity.
Posted by: kristi | June 8, 2007 10:54 AM
Nothing in this world is FREE...
Someone,somwhere has to eventually pay the bill.Just like FREE email and FREE search engines..the advertisers are paying the bill..and it is a win-win-win situation for the customer,advertiser and provider.
The same with FREE Voip....AdCalls, Inc. has a patent pending Advertiser Supported business model that provides FREE Voip (PC2Phone). Similar to Yahoo and Google with their email and search engines, AdCalls also has a WIN-WIN-WIN situation.
For those who would like to make FREE calls, go to www.adcalls.com.
Also, US and UK troops can call home free from Iraqw and Afghanistan using the AdCalls FREE Voip.
Posted by: Bilal | June 12, 2007 09:55 PM