Why is VoIP so cheap or why does my local phone company charge me so much?
Have you looked at your phone bill lately? Have you ever asked yourself “what is all this and why am I paying so much?”? Did you know that the phone companies have over 25,000 lobbyists in Washington? Why? Did you know that in Japan they have a 100Mb fiber connection to their residence? Did you know that the reason why we approved the phone company to charge us additional fees for service like voice mail is because the phone company promised Congress that if they could be allowed to charge for these services that they would have fiber optic service to all residences by the year 2005? And NOW they are actually asking for new concessions with the promise that they will do the same exact thing that they have already charged us for and never did. Most cities that do have fiber connections to their house paid additional for it of the city built it themselves. It doesn’t take many scandals like Enron and others like it to make us see pretty clearly that though a lot of money is being collected there is no longer a reasonable expectation of service for the cost. As long as we continue to pay and not look for alternatives the more they will charge us. It is no wonder that VoIP has had such a huge impact on the phone market. VoIP prices have dropped overall phone service cost by 30% and it is continuing to drop. Imagine if everyone adopted VoIP service. Did you know that IF everyone was to go to VoIP phone service that the average cost for UNLIMITED INTERNATIONAL calling would be at or below $5 a month! THAT’S RIGHT $5 A MONTH!!!
I would be surprised if that one fact alone makes you look seriously at VoIP service.
