Video Phone Service Reaches America
GLOBALINX® CU-3000 VideoPhone
SUMMARY: Video phone service has arrived in America at affordable prices — $200 for hardware and just $29.95/month!
We first saw video phone service on the hit cartoon series “The Jetsons.” Since childhood, many of us dreamed of the day we could call up our friends and family members and see their smiling faces. Sure, there are some days where we wouldn’t necessarily want our bosses to see how hung-over we are, or have our dates see us when we first wake up, but for the most part, video phone service is an exciting prospect that’s just starting to take off now that the technology has become more affordable for the average consumer.
Many of us have makeshift video phone service with our cell phones, as we try to capture photos or videos of ourselves to send to our contacts. However, imagine the excitement of using video phone service in real-time – like a web cam, only without all the glitches! Video phone service has become just as affordable as high-speed internet or home phone service, costing as low as $29.95/month (compared to $19.95 – $24.95/month for home phone service without video phone.) The hardware itself is selling for about $200.
Video phone service comes with many perks over traditional home phone service. Your video phone comes with a built-in web browser, SD memory card for viewing and sharing photos, a jack to connect to an analog phone, a 5” high-resolution LCD screen, external video inputs/outputs, no-delay high-quality audio and phonebook dialing. Some people see video phone service as the home phone’s last dying breath to flourish in the household, as cell phones begin to rapidly takeover the market. In the past, people would ask, “Why bother having a home phone when everyone calls my cell anyway?” Yet, a number of people also didn’t want to get rid of their home service because they didn’t want to give out their precious cell numbers to creditors, businesses and other solicitors. The video phone service is another reason to hang onto that home phone number. But why not upgrade to something much more cutting edge?
Video phone service is especially popular with homes split by the War in Afghanistan, as loved ones long to see their spouses and children back home. Just this year, “Operation See and Speak” provided injured soldiers at the USO Wounded Warrior Center in Germany and enabled them the ability to talk to sports legends like Franco Harris and Gary Carter via video phone service.
Another segment of the population hungry for video phone service are expats who have arrived in America from other countries also wish to see their family members living abroad, who they’ve nearly lost touch with due to long distances. In fact, it was an immigrant from Nigeria who first started a video phone service business to bridge the gap from North America to Africa with modern technology.