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    you pay "for convenience"
    Oh boy, and do you pay.
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    Think about this. With most voice over IP systems on the market nearly all of them use your credit card right. So if I can pay my bank “Yes it will be more expensive” But I can do this without a credit card that is open to a lot of abuse if you are not careful and also not everyone qualify for credit cards so, IF and only IF they make this available to the low end user will they make good money because like pay as you go... it is sometimes the only way to operate but it might not be cost-effective it is still available to most! So think about it... Yes you pay more but again how many mobile users are on pay as you go?

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    Vox anyone?

    Are any forumites using vox ?
    I am looking into their 087 voip option

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    Quote Originally Posted by insulin View Post
    Think about this. With most voice over IP systems on the market nearly all of them use your credit card right. So if I can pay my bank “Yes it will be more expensive” But I can do this without a credit card that is open to a lot of abuse if you are not careful and also not everyone qualify for credit cards so, IF and only IF they make this available to the low end user will they make good money because like pay as you go... it is sometimes the only way to operate but it might not be cost-effective it is still available to most! So think about it... Yes you pay more but again how many mobile users are on pay as you go?
    ah, but here lies a problem. the low income groups are going to be getting internet from where? I can see plenty of complaints about slow and crappy voice through 56 k modems in the future if it is offered to all customers with an "internet connection."

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    @twinscythe12332

    You are going to hate me for this but you are wrong. Most use GPRS. See to get a Telkom account or any other dialup is useless when you live in a township, farm or if you are driving all over South Africa. No the most use GPRS and some phones can handle voice over IP with no problem. Also most phones can give you a good internet speed. Fact is GPRS is faster than most normal dialups but also more expensive. I honestly think data caps are the biggest problem here.

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    Sorry can’t help you with that one...

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