[BC] Vonage update

[Ron Cole]

I travel all the time and I never use a Hotel Phone.  The hotel phone
systems are just crazy.
I have dialed local numbers, 7 Digits, and been charged toll call
rates.  I had a phone bill of over $1000 at the end of one week in the
hotel, twice what the room bill was.
These days I always look for hotels with High Speed Internet, even if it
cost me $10/Day.
If there is no Internet connection I just use my Cellphone  - EGPRS/GPRS
gets me better than dial up speeds anyway.

Ron Cole


On Wed, 2005-07-06 at 20:50, Ron Castro wrote:

> Some of them are still nuts for prices.  A year ago I was in Las Vegas and 
> made a 2-minute dial-up call from my laptop modem to my ISP in California to 
> find out the local dial-up numbers to use for e-mail.  The call cost me $20! 
> Then the local, toll-free calls cost me $1 each.
> 
> Ron Castro
> Chief Technical Officer
> Results Radio, LLC
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Harold Hallikainen" <harold at hallikainen.com>
> To: "Broadcast Radio Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 4:25 PM
> Subject: Re: [BC] Vonage update
> 
> 
> > Sounds about right! Based on the rates for use of hotel phones, it seems
> > that at one time that was a major income stream (except for Motel 6). I
> > wonder if it has disappeared.
> >
> > Harold
> >
> >
> >> You mean they still put phones in Hotel Rooms?
> >> I have not used on is 5 years and I spend 100+ nights a year in a hotel
> >> room.
> >>
> >> Ron
> >>
> >> On Wed, 2005-07-06 at 10:34, Harold Hallikainen wrote:
> >>
> >>> Some have commented that hotels may be blocking VoIP ports to save their
> >>> telephone revenue. I really wonder what's happened to hotel telephone
> >>> revenue since cellular phones have become so popular. It's been years
> >>> since I've used a hotel phone.
> >>>
> >>> Harold
> >
> >
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