"Mike" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:h5h014db65bs6jr0gnnnbrfvtm4424pif3@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:11:45 +0000 (UTC), Gordon Henderson
> <gordon+usenet@drogon.net> wrote:
>
>>I work with small/medium businesses though, who're typically not geeks
>>or even IT savvy - they want a phone to "just work", so the Betamax
>>stuff or chasing this weeks cheapest isn't for them, nice though it
>>is...
>
> If ever there was a bad name to recycle then Betamax must be right
> there at the top alongside Enron.


I don't follow that at all Mike.
Betamax was a superior system to VHS in several ways.
Yes, it failed in the consumer marketplace, but not because
of technical shortcoming, and it could be said that it evolved
to become a success as a professional format (Betacam)

As for the VoIP provider, I have never had a problem with
them, and after all you only need to have 10 Euros at risk
at any one time. Yes you would need a provider with a
deliverable SLA in Gordon's situation, but for my modest
domestic use they have some of the beat deals going.


--
Graham

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