Text 50178, 51 rader
Skriven 2008-10-17 18:43:48 av Charles Scaglione (1:123/789.0)
  Kommentar till text 50174 av JAY EMRIE (1:123/140)
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JAY EMRIE -> CHARLES SCAGLIONE wrote:

Hi Jay:

 CS>> Many folks do the same as you and your wife.  Emergency only.  Most
 JE> young
 CS>> people, however, no longer have a wired phone at home.  Their cell
 JE> phone is
 CS>> primary for everything.

 JE> Not many that I know or associate with reserve the cell phone basically
 JE> for emergency use. Very few do NOT have wired - how would they use the
 JE> internet without a telephone connection? My 2nd oldest grandson lives in
 JE> an apartment, has a cell, and internet connection thus a phone line even
 JE> though he doesn't use the dial up phone and relies upon his cell.

Verizon and AT&T both will gladly run a line for internet only.  They do it all
the time.  Phone line for wired phone is not necessary.  Besides, with Verizon
FIOS the only thing that's needed is the fiber connection.

How about a cable connection?  You don't need a phone line for that either.

 JE> Take us for example. We still have a phone mostly for the internet
 JE> usage, but still use the dial phone some. For the most part I rely upon
 JE> my cell - my wife, even tho she has a cell, still uses our dial phone
 JE> locally, and the cell for calling relatives out of town.

We still have our wired metro line which we do use occasionally.  I've thought
about going wireless or use an internet phone provider.  AT&T and Verizon offer
a very nice internet phone package along with their other services.

 CS>> Ours is a must since we use it for ministry purposes.  The local phone
 CS>> companies (AT&T or Verizon) will charge a premium fee if we install a
 JE> wired
 CS>> phone at the ministry location.  They consider the storefront we are
 JE> leasing to
 CS>> be a "business".  Never mind that we are non profit in accordance
 JE> with federal
 CS>> and state laws.

 JE> Then I take it that your ministry office does not have an internet
 JE> connection.

Our ministry office here in the DFW area is in my home while the main office is
at Killeen.  We use dial up when at Killeen.  The only ISP available at Killeen
is Sprint. :(

Regards.

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