Comments on: Vonage to combine Wi-Fi/Cell service in Britain http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/04/27/vonage-to-start-wi-fi-service-in-britain/ General interest observations and true web-log. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:44:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mike Voice http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/04/27/vonage-to-start-wi-fi-service-in-britain/comment-page-1/#comment-134052 Mike Voice Thu, 27 Apr 2006 16:56:16 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=5161#comment-134052 If you can afford the WiFi-equippd phone, they'll let you bypass the cell-tower "premium"... If you can pay more up-front, you can pay less for [some of] your calls. I agree with Eideard, the US Telcos will fight this one tooth and nail. They will want to charge extra for the "perceived value" of this capability, while subsidizing the phones. [ i.e. Gillette - give away the razors, and charge for the blades] If you can afford the WiFi-equippd phone, they’ll let you bypass the cell-tower “premium”… If you can pay more up-front, you can pay less for [some of] your calls.

I agree with Eideard, the US Telcos will fight this one tooth and nail. They will want to charge extra for the “perceived value” of this capability, while subsidizing the phones. [ i.e. Gillette - give away the razors, and charge for the blades]

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