"Brian A" <no_spam_bca1000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:bip0l2h2vabn8ob9s2ai8gmrct4ifkve8t@4ax.com...[color=blue]
> On Mon, 06 Nov 2006 23:18:58 +0000, Scope <scope@somewhere.com> wrote:[/color]
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>>But hey, we cant all buy the same service.. If Vonage works for you,
>>great.. You'll be saving a fair deal compared to BT/NTL anyway.[/color]
> I think, as Dex has intimated, some people just feel happier paying an
> 'all in' price even if it does work out more expensive.
> My next door neighbour was paying £200/year more than me for her water
> bill than me because she didn't have a meter. She wanted a fixed bill.
> She has seen the light now and made a change but I can see that, for
> some people, cost is not so much of a factor as is peace of mind.
> I get my peace of mind nowing that I have got a good service without,
> as I see it, wasting money. Others get their peace of mind by paying
> more.
> There are many people who don't have a clue how much they are paying
> for their phone calls - and they don't care. They just worry about
> other things. Meanwhile BT rub their hands with glee![/color]

How refreshing to see a bit of "live and let live" on this group. Long may
it last!