Well, it's taken me a lot longer to get back to this blog POST than I had originally anticipated. If you've been reading the POSTs, then you will know that I have been writing about computers, software, telecommunications companies, etc.,.... You will also know that I have been writing on how to put this newer technology to work for US (you and me). This is so we , you and I, can take back the control, money and peace of mind of our lives.
Well, it's time to put this knowledge to work!
What I have been up to during the interim? I and my partners have been establishing a telecommunication server for my house and business(s). We have been primarily focused on controlling cost for the voice and video services of telecommunications. We are initially using Skype technology. However, Skype is NOT! OSS technology. It is, for the moment, the DOMINANT PC telecommunications platform. But this won't last. However, at this time, the cost of using and operating it is UNBEATABLE!
In the future, we will be focusing on an OSS technology platform for voice and video communications. We have set high priorities and goals for these services and technology platforms. So, in the future, we will focus on OSS Telecommunications services. They fit the bill nicely!
ALSO:
We are focusing on how to integrate this technology platform with your existing phone infrastructure. You know, the one already built into your house, business, etc.,.... Why would you go out and buy a newer phone system which cannot utilize the existing phone wiring? This doesn't make sense to me either. But, it is harder than it seems folks! We are doing this because we are SICK AND TIRED of paying ALOT for the PHONE SERVICE! The reason? COST and CONTROL! PURE and SIMPLE!
OUR GOALS:
1. Control COST!
Gotta be SUBSTANTIALLY less than VOIP and/or the regular phone company costs (monthly payments). Otherwise why do it?
2. Service!
It's gotta be just as good as a regular, local phone companie's service or better!
3. Reliability!
Let's face it folks. The machines and service have got to be ubiquitous! They just have to work! When you go to use this stuff you pick up your regular phone handset, dial a number, the line rings and you talk to someone! It's that simple. It's gotta be reliable.
If you've read the previous POSTs you'll find that I, like many others in the world, really don't like paying alot for things. Who does? Particularly when those things can be had for less money. ALOT! less money. Thing like services. You know, the phones, cable T.V., ISPs, ETC.,.... AND! I do not understand, for the life of me, why someone would PAY for a service that you could OWN! (But I DISGRESS, let's get back on track).
But, of course, people pay for a services because they do not have the time or the knowledge to provide the service for themselves. This I do understand. But why would you pay for a service which COST ALOT MORE? When you could have that same service for ALOT LESS? Of course, I am talking about having the same types and quality of services (QOS) and products. Otherwise, why would anyone do it?
We (my partners and I) have been slowly building and trying out a telecommunications server. We've been testing out how it works and what we have to do with it to accomplish our goals. We are examining what needs to be done for running it, what programs are available, and so on and so forth. We are doing all of this on the LINUX platform. We are using the OSS platform because of the price for the software. It is right! We are not focusing on the Windows platform because we are not interested in spending money! Remember COST and CONTROL?
--- Windows weenies should be running scared by this' bout now! ---
--- OOOOOOO! Scary LINUX! ---
Believe me, if you wanted to you could spend ALOT! of money on software for this service. But, in our opinion, it just isn't worth it because, with the OSS, you can get all the functionality you want for free - Yes! That bears repeating -- You read that right! NO! MONEY! for software FOLKS!
However, the OSS platform doesn't include the reduced cost of the hardware, the cost of running the server system, and the cost of providing the service. Yet, we are talking about a reduced price for all of the necessary systems to make UNLIMITED! phone calls! or UNLIMITED video calls to the world!
So, if YOU! want to spend lots of time and money (to the tune of several hundreds of dollars or several months --possibly years -- worth of time) on this type of software, then you have at it. I personally am not interested in doing that. We're (my partners and I) all about providing a real service by bringing you relevant information about this subject in the booklet we are writing.
About SKYPE.
Disclosure:
We (my partners and I) do not own ANY PART of SKYPE (the company or otherwise)! Nor do we know anyone who is even remotely associated with SKYPE (the company or otherwise)!
Interesting thing about Skype - there's lots of hype on the internet about it! But, when it comes to specifics about what to do with it, well good luck! Skype claims to have customer service, but it does not. Not really. If you want to get a question answered good luck. Skype (the company and the software) does have it's qwerks.
To be honest, you can find alot of information about where to download and how to set up Skype, what its capabilities are, etc.,.... What we have been concentrating on are the little problems that Skype has. It is definitely not for everyone. So we're hear to help.
For us Skype has been working out well --- SO FAR! We've only had very minor problems. However, you have to know going in that Skype Customer Service is almost NON-EXISTANT. Yes, they have forums for ONLINE help. But getting information off of this is pretty much like pulling teeth for a living --- tough as nails and you're gonna starve. If you want or need help with Skype you are pretty much on your own. Try finding out how to make Skype work with your regular phone lines which exist in your house? Just try and ask that one, I did --- with STILL no replys on the Skype forum!
That's why the booklet.
Yes! It's going to cost you some money to buy the booklet --- we ain't doing research and giving our hard earned knowledge away for free here! But, when you are saving $40 or more dollars per month because you switched from your LOCAL Phone company, or $20 per month because you switched from a HIGH PRICED VOIP company, then we feel that the little money we charge for the booklet is well WORTH THE COST. Listen, if you want to continue paying $400 plus dollars a year for phone services then you have at it. With this information I am paying less than $60 dollars per year. Yes, you read that right! Less than $60 per year! for the same service! And I can back this up too!
Further more, we - unlike many other books that I've read in the recent past - aren't going to leave you stranded without further knowledge. We are going to keep researching this stuff and communicating it back to you through our site(s) and forums, and even phone conversations if necessary. Yes, we'll give out our numbers to you readers when necessary.
This BLOG is going to become a blog about Cheap Telecommunications Services. I don't know about you but I really HATE! the phone companies and local taxes for the phone system. It just seems that they (the local politicians and the local phone company) try to screw you at every turn. What I mean by this is how they try to nickle and dime us out of EVERY PENNY they can get their hands on. Well, this BLOG is now about how to turn the tables! How to SCREW the local politicians (when it comes to local phone taxes) AND the local phone company (when it comes to local AND long distance phone service) out of ALL the money they request. AND! it is legal TOO!! I am not a lawyer, but, where I live there are NO! internet sales taxes.
We (myself, and my partners) are writing a E-Booklet all about the experience. This booklet will inform you how to buy a really good, used computer, where to look for a good deal, how to buy the needed computer resources (RAM, Hard Drive(s), etc.,...) to set-up the telecommunications server. It will also cover what we did to fix problems.
Remember:
We're NOT SKYPE! We DO NOT! guarantee their software! But, we will inform you how we dealt with the computer and the software problems so you can FIX the problem.
So go to the site and see for yourself how you can save. If you are a novice (or even if you're not) we can cheaply help you set it up so that you dial a number on your regular phone handset and your phone just works. Try it, You'll LIKE it!
www.canetree.com
Haggis
Well, it's time to put this knowledge to work!
What I have been up to during the interim? I and my partners have been establishing a telecommunication server for my house and business(s). We have been primarily focused on controlling cost for the voice and video services of telecommunications. We are initially using Skype technology. However, Skype is NOT! OSS technology. It is, for the moment, the DOMINANT PC telecommunications platform. But this won't last. However, at this time, the cost of using and operating it is UNBEATABLE!
In the future, we will be focusing on an OSS technology platform for voice and video communications. We have set high priorities and goals for these services and technology platforms. So, in the future, we will focus on OSS Telecommunications services. They fit the bill nicely!
ALSO:
We are focusing on how to integrate this technology platform with your existing phone infrastructure. You know, the one already built into your house, business, etc.,.... Why would you go out and buy a newer phone system which cannot utilize the existing phone wiring? This doesn't make sense to me either. But, it is harder than it seems folks! We are doing this because we are SICK AND TIRED of paying ALOT for the PHONE SERVICE! The reason? COST and CONTROL! PURE and SIMPLE!
OUR GOALS:
1. Control COST!
Gotta be SUBSTANTIALLY less than VOIP and/or the regular phone company costs (monthly payments). Otherwise why do it?
2. Service!
It's gotta be just as good as a regular, local phone companie's service or better!
3. Reliability!
Let's face it folks. The machines and service have got to be ubiquitous! They just have to work! When you go to use this stuff you pick up your regular phone handset, dial a number, the line rings and you talk to someone! It's that simple. It's gotta be reliable.
If you've read the previous POSTs you'll find that I, like many others in the world, really don't like paying alot for things. Who does? Particularly when those things can be had for less money. ALOT! less money. Thing like services. You know, the phones, cable T.V., ISPs, ETC.,.... AND! I do not understand, for the life of me, why someone would PAY for a service that you could OWN! (But I DISGRESS, let's get back on track).
But, of course, people pay for a services because they do not have the time or the knowledge to provide the service for themselves. This I do understand. But why would you pay for a service which COST ALOT MORE? When you could have that same service for ALOT LESS? Of course, I am talking about having the same types and quality of services (QOS) and products. Otherwise, why would anyone do it?
We (my partners and I) have been slowly building and trying out a telecommunications server. We've been testing out how it works and what we have to do with it to accomplish our goals. We are examining what needs to be done for running it, what programs are available, and so on and so forth. We are doing all of this on the LINUX platform. We are using the OSS platform because of the price for the software. It is right! We are not focusing on the Windows platform because we are not interested in spending money! Remember COST and CONTROL?
--- Windows weenies should be running scared by this' bout now! ---
--- OOOOOOO! Scary LINUX! ---
Believe me, if you wanted to you could spend ALOT! of money on software for this service. But, in our opinion, it just isn't worth it because, with the OSS, you can get all the functionality you want for free - Yes! That bears repeating -- You read that right! NO! MONEY! for software FOLKS!
However, the OSS platform doesn't include the reduced cost of the hardware, the cost of running the server system, and the cost of providing the service. Yet, we are talking about a reduced price for all of the necessary systems to make UNLIMITED! phone calls! or UNLIMITED video calls to the world!
So, if YOU! want to spend lots of time and money (to the tune of several hundreds of dollars or several months --possibly years -- worth of time) on this type of software, then you have at it. I personally am not interested in doing that. We're (my partners and I) all about providing a real service by bringing you relevant information about this subject in the booklet we are writing.
About SKYPE.
Disclosure:
We (my partners and I) do not own ANY PART of SKYPE (the company or otherwise)! Nor do we know anyone who is even remotely associated with SKYPE (the company or otherwise)!
Interesting thing about Skype - there's lots of hype on the internet about it! But, when it comes to specifics about what to do with it, well good luck! Skype claims to have customer service, but it does not. Not really. If you want to get a question answered good luck. Skype (the company and the software) does have it's qwerks.
To be honest, you can find alot of information about where to download and how to set up Skype, what its capabilities are, etc.,.... What we have been concentrating on are the little problems that Skype has. It is definitely not for everyone. So we're hear to help.
For us Skype has been working out well --- SO FAR! We've only had very minor problems. However, you have to know going in that Skype Customer Service is almost NON-EXISTANT. Yes, they have forums for ONLINE help. But getting information off of this is pretty much like pulling teeth for a living --- tough as nails and you're gonna starve. If you want or need help with Skype you are pretty much on your own. Try finding out how to make Skype work with your regular phone lines which exist in your house? Just try and ask that one, I did --- with STILL no replys on the Skype forum!
That's why the booklet.
Yes! It's going to cost you some money to buy the booklet --- we ain't doing research and giving our hard earned knowledge away for free here! But, when you are saving $40 or more dollars per month because you switched from your LOCAL Phone company, or $20 per month because you switched from a HIGH PRICED VOIP company, then we feel that the little money we charge for the booklet is well WORTH THE COST. Listen, if you want to continue paying $400 plus dollars a year for phone services then you have at it. With this information I am paying less than $60 dollars per year. Yes, you read that right! Less than $60 per year! for the same service! And I can back this up too!
Further more, we - unlike many other books that I've read in the recent past - aren't going to leave you stranded without further knowledge. We are going to keep researching this stuff and communicating it back to you through our site(s) and forums, and even phone conversations if necessary. Yes, we'll give out our numbers to you readers when necessary.
This BLOG is going to become a blog about Cheap Telecommunications Services. I don't know about you but I really HATE! the phone companies and local taxes for the phone system. It just seems that they (the local politicians and the local phone company) try to screw you at every turn. What I mean by this is how they try to nickle and dime us out of EVERY PENNY they can get their hands on. Well, this BLOG is now about how to turn the tables! How to SCREW the local politicians (when it comes to local phone taxes) AND the local phone company (when it comes to local AND long distance phone service) out of ALL the money they request. AND! it is legal TOO!! I am not a lawyer, but, where I live there are NO! internet sales taxes.
We (myself, and my partners) are writing a E-Booklet all about the experience. This booklet will inform you how to buy a really good, used computer, where to look for a good deal, how to buy the needed computer resources (RAM, Hard Drive(s), etc.,...) to set-up the telecommunications server. It will also cover what we did to fix problems.
Remember:
We're NOT SKYPE! We DO NOT! guarantee their software! But, we will inform you how we dealt with the computer and the software problems so you can FIX the problem.
So go to the site and see for yourself how you can save. If you are a novice (or even if you're not) we can cheaply help you set it up so that you dial a number on your regular phone handset and your phone just works. Try it, You'll LIKE it!
www.canetree.com
Haggis
