Thursday, April 2, 2015
The Downside to Technology
There are certain technologies that have run their course. When was the last time you were asked for your fax number? Also, voicemail and landlines are getting phased out by messaging services and internet phones. You can save so much time by just writing a short response instead of that lengthy voicemail. Along with the internet comes horrible people and misinformation. Our technology experience would be so much better if we didn't need Snopes.com to invalidate hoaxes, anti-virus software and secure certificates to protect us from scammers and spammers, software to keep our kids from seeing things they shouldn't, filters to keep us from clicking through annoying click bait links, and campaigns to educate us about the malevolence of cyber bullying. Not everything on the internet can be trusted, as pointed out earlier. Information needs to be verified and validated through several sources. Lastly, we depend so much on our technology that it gets to be hard to put it down. When we wake up in the morning, we check our phones and our FitBits to see how well we slept. We even take our phones out when on dates.
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I have found that many people are cutting their landlines and just using their cell phones or internet phone services. It is much more cost efficient.
ReplyDeleteOne of the best things about internet phone services is that you can actually see the other person. It makes conversation that much better.
ReplyDeleteFor VoIP systems, you need a reliable internet services to ensure that your quality of the call is good. This is not always possible in rural areas.
ReplyDeleteMost of the internet phone services will let you do a free trial. It is important to take the time to find out which one fits your business.
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