Tesco launches pay-as-you-go web phone

User Comments: 8

1. January 22, 2006 7:40 AM
   paulwuzhere said:
   Alright! I use a Go-Phone so this will be nice. This will be a nice feature on my phone.
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2. January 22, 2006 9:09 AM
   MonkeyMan said:
   Absolutely fabulous!!!!! a phone that has a broadband connection, can be very very useful in many ways. And with making cheap phone calls, it saves you money. The only question is, will it make long distance cheaper?
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3. January 22, 2006 11:33 AM
   luvhuffer said:
   I've decided to pass on the whole computer phone deal, until there are some safe guards in place relating to government monitoring of computer traffic. As it stands now, I believe if the conversation is over a computer as opposed to a land line, your call can be tapped into without a wire tapping warrant.
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4. January 22, 2006 5:32 PM
   gamingmage said:
   Phones with broadband, what will they think of next. This is a great idea though.
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5. January 22, 2006 7:00 PM
   exscind said:
   While the idea seems nice, it is difficult to accept the idea holistically. In general, pay-as-you-go service usually have a price ranger higher than normal, that's just how the market works. When you buy phone minutes ahead of time, it becomes cheaper because you're buying in bulk; unless said otherwise, it is only logical to assume this pay-as-you-go service will charge quite a premium. But otherwise, the idea is nice and increases flexibility if the phone user is in a tight spot and needs to place an international call but the calling plan doesn't include it (or higher than the pay-as-you-go fee I suppose).
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6. January 22, 2006 11:02 PM
   nathanskywalker said:
   Ok, here's the basics....ok duh...[url]http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/What+is+VOIP[/
   rl]Hmm...then BBC...[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4627250.stm[/
   rl]and another article....[url]http://www.crm2day.com/news/crm/117081.php[/
   rl]and one more thing...[url]http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2006/01
   19/afx2460527.html[/url]Well, ok, so those links say pretty much the same thing, but it's good to listen to several media sources, right? Well that is cool, i think i'm going to have to talk my parents into this....but they seem to have this thing with having a landline.....understandable i guess. that would be nice for people who like to use the phone alot. Personally i hardly eva use a telephone for more than 60 seconds...
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7. January 23, 2006 10:22 AM
   mentaljedi said:
   yeh, they pretty much say the same but what i'm concerned about is the implications if this flops which it might. That's a lot of money that could be wasted. Plus, jacking your mobile in the computer doesn't seem taht great compared to the wireless possibility.
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8. January 23, 2006 11:12 AM
   Vaulden said:
   I'm trying to figure out how this is better than companies like Vonage? You plug a phone into your PC rather than a switch/router? So now your PC has to be on for you to make phone calls too?Maybe their big push is the "pay as you go" and I could understand that better if the other options were horribly expensive.All the articles talk about calling UK landlines and mobiles... can it call outside of the UK?Personally I'll stick with a landline for now. Mobiles and VoIP just don't have the dependability.
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