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Re: Ooma Circling the Drain.... said by Verizon Vet :
No, thanks. I'll take my 911 service from a genuine phone company. They may be evil, and they may cost more than VOIP, but I like the idea of a cruiser pulling up at my door in 3 minutes flat, instead of having a 30-minute odyssey and BS dialogue with a dispatcher. Its worth $18 a month for that, alone.
I'm not trying to be disagreeable but it takes around 3 minutes just to get through to our 911 here in Sacramento. You get recordings that if it isn't a real emergency, call this number, etc. long before you get put on hold waiting for a live person. However, cellular 911 is worse than telco 911. I've never tried E911 so I have no experience with that. So you are right that of the 3 types of 911, telco 911 is almost certainly the winner hands down.
However, you didn't mention MY point which is that I can get quality local and long distance for a fraction of what a featureless, 12 miles distance local telco phone can provide and the telco charges about 3x as much. I only have telco because I have DSL (and cable for no down time).
Also we are lucky here in the former Pacific Bell territories. As long as a phone line (even disconnected) is physically linked to the Bell system, you can dial 911. So theoretically, I could turn my phone off and still have telco 911 service, as long as my circuit isn't needed which from my past experience, isn't that often.
Nonetheless, I see your point about superior telco 911. However, if you are pro-Verizon (yes the evil company that took over Airtouch, Bell Atlantic Mobile and other company's I liked), what is your purpose for being in the VOIP forums? |
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| Re: Ooma Circling the Drain.... I called E911 while driving (NEXTEL) and got through fast.
A car was half off and half on the road weaving.
Eventually she did a last minute lane change at a light and slammed into the back of a car making two more ahead get involved.
We were following, but the police were too slow intercepting.
Cell phones (usually two handy around me) are just fine by me.
If you have young or aged family, a cell may be a bad fit.
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Jim -- USA2K, VoIP since 12/2002, Packet8 since 12/2006. VOIPo in Beta, former Vonage . . .
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