asterisk users - Mar 2005 - Voicepulse connect has doubled their rates

Today I received an email informing me that effective April 1, my per
number charge for VOIP will almost double.

This is the downside of VOIP.  It is unregulated.

I have published and distributed my new VOIP phone number, and now, with
no warning, my monthly charge has doubled.

Ouch..  Beware of which provider you choose!

There is nothing to prevent them from doubling my rates again on May 1st!

Tim Burt wrote:
>Today I received an email informing me that effective April 1, my per
>number charge for VOIP will almost double.
>
>This is the downside of VOIP.  It is unregulated.
>
>I have published and distributed my new VOIP phone number, and now, with
>no warning, my monthly charge has doubled.
>
>Ouch..  Beware of which provider you choose!
>
>There is nothing to prevent them from doubling my rates again on May 1st!
>
>  
>
Getting a little dramatic there, aren't we? 

It's going from 7.95 ( 8 bucks ) a month to 11 bucks, an increase of 
72%.  That's hardly what I'd call doubling ( unless you're using
that
new math I've heard so much about ).

And it's still cheaper than my land line, when you consider that all 
incoming calls are free, as well as all 1800 numbers.  For everything 
else, there's voip-jet. 

Not that I apprecaite the raise much myself, but hey, this industry is 
still in it's infancy.  It gets too bad, someone else will take their place.

Sean

>
> It's going from 7.95 ( 8 bucks ) a month to 11 bucks, an increase of
> 72%.  That's hardly what I'd call doubling ( unless you're
using that
> new math I've heard so much about ).
hmmmm, actually it is only a 28% increase.  you want to see outrageous
you should see my gas bill.....

Two other things appear to have changed if you make "auto payments". 
On the
"auto-recharge" section of their account center website, the minimum
"threshold" has been raised from $1.00 to $10.00, and the
"recharge value"
from $10.00 to $25.00.  It looks like the LD rate has dropped from 2.95
cents to 2.4 cents per minute...


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Burt" <asterisk-list@timburt.com>
Newsgroups: gmane.comp.telephony.pbx.asterisk.user
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 1:39 PM
Subject: Voicepulse connect has doubled their rates


Today I received an email informing me that effective April 1, my per
number charge for VOIP will almost double.

This is the downside of VOIP.  It is unregulated.

I have published and distributed my new VOIP phone number, and now, with
no warning, my monthly charge has doubled.

Ouch..  Beware of which provider you choose!

There is nothing to prevent them from doubling my rates again on May 1st!


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