On Wed, 2004-01-21 at 14:10, Ken Alker wrote: > --On Wednesday, January 21, 2004 5:54 AM -0600 Steven Critchfield > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wed, 2004-01-21 at 03:00, Ken Alker wrote: > >> --On Tuesday, January 20, 2004 2:28 PM -0500 Andrew Kohlsmith > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> [...] > >> > I thought you were wrong here, as I have Vista 390 at home and I was > >> > sure that wasn't the case. Lo and behold one of the biggest reasons > >> > for my wanting to go ADSI over IP has been shattered. > >> [...] > >> > >> May I ask where you live that you have an ADSI phone "at home"? I've > >> been involved with CallerID testing since the inception of the idea, > >> and I'd never heard of ADSI until this week. The entire thing just > >> blows me away; can't understand why I've never heard one thing about > >> it. I have to assume that it never made it to the U.S... despite what > >> all the articles I'm finding claim (written back in 1993-1999). Either > >> that, or it just never made it out to my neck of the wood (Santa > >> Barbara, CA), which is entirely possible since Verizon/GTE rules the > >> land here and they are always a decade behind the rest of the country. > > > > It made it to the US. The problem was cost. No one is willing to spend > > that much money for a phone when they could buy a webtv or a email > > station. If they are really a step ahead of the curve, they spent the > > money on a PC. >
It has been mentioned here that when some telco rolled out the service the phone was $99 and could be split out over several bills. I seem to remember the one my sister had was from Radio Shack and listed at $150 or more. -- Steven Critchfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users