Comments on: Comcast VoIP too expensive?

By: Gene

Gene — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 11:33:16 +0000

I've seen special promo offers for Comcast VoIP as low as $19.95. I have also had success negotiating lower prices with them on their high speed internet service.

By: Huddy

Huddy — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 21:21:40 +0000

Comcast service is the most reliable for the price. I have experienced one instance of disconnection in the entire past year. I have tried other services with faster speeds, and found greater downtime. So you must decide which is more important to you: speed or reliability.

By: Deane

Deane — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 01:48:49 +0000

re pricing of comcast, I think they are reasonalbe in there prices compared to others I have looked at..

By: derek

derek — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 05:42:27 +0000

do any of you have any other services that you can recomend other than comcast? thanks

By: julie

julie — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 05:37:24 +0000

comcast is the best, and i reckon its the best vlaue for money having tried loads of others, so give it ago.

By: John

John — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 05:37:41 +0000

Comcast? I'd look around for others, there are many that are alot cheaper.

By: John

John — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 05:36:27 +0000

As long as the price is right, we will be fine, but with prices the way they are, something needs to happen, and comcast i believe is the way to go.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 20:29:13 +0000

I think Nicolas Martin hit the nail on the head. Comcast is gonna drive the competition right out of town, I mean, the voip competition does use the network (which is owned by Comcast) Comcast doesn’t even have to “block” the other voip service providers, but disrupt service. If users experience frequent black outs, dropped calls/packets, etc. there is an immense opportunity for Comcast.

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By: Dave Chakrabarti

Dave Chakrabarti — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 08:14:40 +0000

The issue of whether or not Comcast will try to lock users in to using their VOIP service is at the heart of a major controversy in the US: net neutrality. Is the internet considered a common carriageway? If so, Comcast can be required to open their service to competing firms. SBC recently announced that they intend to break net neutrality, and charge companies that offer content over their connections...disregarding the fact that those companies are paying for their bandwidth already.

The entire spirit of the internet is at stake because some companies want to make an extra buck. Or many extra bucks, since this is a multi-million dollar issue.

I've used both Lingo and Sunrocket so far, and I'd agree that Comcast's rates are very high. SBC's unlimited POTS line is cheaper than that, which makes Comcast a hard sell. Most of their market must come from home users wanting the packaged deal to have as many services as possible on one bill. They'll also be competing with SBC's IPTV service heading in the opposite direction...a phone company offering TV services.

In the end, it's a war between the corporations, and only the digitally educated VOIP customer is researching other options like Lingo online. The largest markets will go to the large corporations...they've got the market penetration and the marketing dollars to make it work. A secondary effect is that in spreading the hype, they might be unintentionally making VOIP a household term, which could help the smaller players.

Dave.

By: Eric Laughlin

Eric Laughlin — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 16:26:27 +0000

Their price is high but most people that are signing up for Comcast don't realize there are less expensive options available. And Comcast has all the new signups they can handle right now at their current price point. They are priced to maximize profits. Lowering their price wouldn't increase profits and really wouldn't increase their volume much. Just look at how quickly they're adding subs with their marketing efficiencies gained by marketing to existing subscribers. Their problem is going to be meeting demand.

By: Lynn

Lynn — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 01:15:32 +0000

I predict that Comcast and other high speed providers will find a way to “block” other VoIP services from being used to make theirs the only VoIP to be used. What do you think?

By: Nicolas Martin

Nicolas Martin — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 16:45:00 +0000

Their “opening salvo” is lasting a long time. Comcast VoIP is still far more expensive than most of the competition. Compared to their $40/month for one line (unlimited calling), I’m paying $28 for two numbers (one line) and 500 mins. long distance on Verizon. I previously used ATT and (the horrid) Lingo. The all have plusses and minuses, for instance Verizon’s web site is poor, they don’t forward voice mail to email, and they don’t have 24/7 support. ATT cost more. Aside from costing too much it is hard to imagine that Comcast’s support would be better for VoIP than their awful Internet and Cable support. This industry needs a lot of maturing.