Comments on: AOL, Microsoft prep dueling VoIP efforts

America Online plans to launch its Net phone service within three weeks, while Redmond is partnering with Qwest.

[Dachi]

AOL prices misleading (fine print)

I read about AOL's service a while back and AFAIK they sell a plan for $18.99 but they also require that you are an AOL broadband user.

This means that you bring your own broadband carrier and pay an extra $10/month for AOL services + $19 for VoIP.

So the actual price for a random user wanting the service is actually $29 for about the same package Vonage has been selling for months for only $15.

Their basic "unlimited" plan runs for $40, compared to $25 for Vonage.

It is cool to see a big company like AOL enter the market, but not exactly groundbreaking due to the largely unpopular AOL for broadband requirement.

[Dachi]

AOL prices misleading (fine print)

I read about AOL's service a while back and AFAIK they sell a plan for $18.99 but they also require that you are an AOL broadband user.

This means that you bring your own broadband carrier and pay an extra $10/month for AOL services + $19 for VoIP.

So the actual price for a random user wanting the service is actually $29 for about the same package Vonage has been selling for months for only $15.

Their basic "unlimited" plan runs for $40, compared to $25 for Vonage.

It is cool to see a big company like AOL enter the market, but not exactly groundbreaking due to the largely unpopular AOL for broadband requirement.

[Dachi]

AOL prices misleading (fine print)

I read about AOL's service a while back and AFAIK they sell a plan for $18.99 but they also require that you are an AOL broadband user.

This means that you bring your own broadband carrier and pay an extra $10/month for AOL services + $19 for VoIP.

So the actual price for a random user wanting the service is actually $29 for about the same package Vonage has been selling for months for only $15.

Their basic "unlimited" plan runs for $40, compared to $25 for Vonage.

It is cool to see a big company like AOL enter the market, but not exactly groundbreaking due to the largely unpopular AOL for broadband requirement.

[Dachi]

AOL prices misleading (fine print)

I read about AOL's service a while back and AFAIK they sell a plan for $18.99 but they also require that you are an AOL broadband user.

This means that you bring your own broadband carrier and pay an extra $10/month for AOL services + $19 for VoIP.

So the actual price for a random user wanting the service is actually $29 for about the same package Vonage has been selling for months for only $15.

Their basic "unlimited" plan runs for $40, compared to $25 for Vonage.

It is cool to see a big company like AOL enter the market, but not exactly groundbreaking due to the largely unpopular AOL for broadband requirement.

[Llib Setag]

VOIP = MS + AOL merger rumors?

NOW we know WHY Microsith is planning to assimulate AOL
from Time Warner... VOIP!
MSN-AOL-VOIP Internet communications monopoly in the
making.

Don't EVEN think of talking on the phone via the Internet without
paying the GATEkeepers Citizen Gates & Big Brother Ballimer.
Resistance is futile, mere mortals, prepare to be assimulated into
the vast Remond Collective Borg.

I pray that I am SO wrong...

[Llib Setag]

VOIP = MS + AOL merger rumors?

NOW we know WHY Microsith is planning to assimulate AOL
from Time Warner... VOIP!
MSN-AOL-VOIP Internet communications monopoly in the
making.

Don't EVEN think of talking on the phone via the Internet without
paying the GATEkeepers Citizen Gates & Big Brother Ballimer.
Resistance is futile, mere mortals, prepare to be assimulated into
the vast Remond Collective Borg.

I pray that I am SO wrong...

[Llib Setag]

VOIP = MS + AOL merger rumors?

NOW we know WHY Microsith is planning to assimulate AOL
from Time Warner... VOIP!
MSN-AOL-VOIP Internet communications monopoly in the
making.

Don't EVEN think of talking on the phone via the Internet without
paying the GATEkeepers Citizen Gates & Big Brother Ballimer.
Resistance is futile, mere mortals, prepare to be assimulated into
the vast Remond Collective Borg.

I pray that I am SO wrong...

[Llib Setag]

VOIP = MS + AOL merger rumors?

NOW we know WHY Microsith is planning to assimulate AOL
from Time Warner... VOIP!
MSN-AOL-VOIP Internet communications monopoly in the
making.

Don't EVEN think of talking on the phone via the Internet without
paying the GATEkeepers Citizen Gates & Big Brother Ballimer.
Resistance is futile, mere mortals, prepare to be assimulated into
the vast Remond Collective Borg.

I pray that I am SO wrong...

[Earl Benser]

Interesting MS choice...

Qwest has been an absolute disaster as a baby bell. Assets have
been squandered, income lost, equipment is obsolete, and
management is incompetent. Maybe that's how MS got their foot in
the door.

That's roughly like winning a cruise on a garbage scow, but maybe
MS wouldn't really notice.....

[Earl Benser]

Interesting MS choice...

Qwest has been an absolute disaster as a baby bell. Assets have
been squandered, income lost, equipment is obsolete, and
management is incompetent. Maybe that's how MS got their foot in
the door.

That's roughly like winning a cruise on a garbage scow, but maybe
MS wouldn't really notice.....

[Earl Benser]

Interesting MS choice...

Qwest has been an absolute disaster as a baby bell. Assets have
been squandered, income lost, equipment is obsolete, and
management is incompetent. Maybe that's how MS got their foot in
the door.

That's roughly like winning a cruise on a garbage scow, but maybe
MS wouldn't really notice.....

[Earl Benser]

Interesting MS choice...

Qwest has been an absolute disaster as a baby bell. Assets have
been squandered, income lost, equipment is obsolete, and
management is incompetent. Maybe that's how MS got their foot in
the door.

That's roughly like winning a cruise on a garbage scow, but maybe
MS wouldn't really notice.....