Good guestion, zerodog!
They said that you need to apply at hovrs.com (purple vip) then use their VRS to call hearing people as much often as you could... same thing it does with the Sorenson VRS. Then you could qualify to receive a mvp for free when they come available. They will help you process to sign up if you need to.
I personally believe that mvp performs better than vpad. (also has wi-fi ready)
Yes, to use their service and just like Sorenson VRS. You are correct, however; we still need use their VRS anyway.
My believes that without charge service such as keep free. How can they replace the device, interpreter's device, electric, server, and all that costs up front to their bill.
Again, Sorenson is the largest 80 percent of marketing that use Sorenson product. They can count all information but how? They are running on database just like hearing people are dialing, contact list, and history. So the marketing can understand and not know "HOW" far did they, the VRS, invalid our privacy to contact Deaf to Deaf, Deaf to VRS, Deaf to Other VRS. What if the VRS support that project to understand about interpreter issue, technical how much it is easier for us use?
Keep that mind, the MVP bandwidth and other bandwidth can damaged our pretty face went mess. Yes, it can be look sharp, but later it went jumpy. It same other thing, but how can the marketing research better to understand that technology to improve.
What the catch, they want know who, where, like and hate about our information. Same thing with our debit card or credit card that run on machine and they monitor how often its spending on most store and etc due prevent thief?
It has be research, even the food marketing that have go to landfill where the trash and they are counting of food cans, brand, and all that stuff that base on zip code. So they can sell better near your grocery store. Image, you pick the grocery cart, they have chip but I don't know about today. In past, I remember I took course and surprises how much privacy that people are watch us! The cart have chip and monitor how long you stay each rows. Each is most popular row; for example, if you jump out your car and know what you needs. You want candy, you just walk to cashier and grab and pay. It only like 10 minutes of visiting. If they removed the candies and move to middle row where there are more shelves than just candies. It make us buy this this this this this and the end you visit 30 minutes compare to 10 minutes.
It same idea for VRS, how long we are using that interpreter and which provider. They monitor how often it call from such as billing, doctor, and other. It HAS to be monitor, without monitor and then the marketing wouldn't understand us.
Make sense?