Fluker
@comcast.net
| reply to Kommie
Re: 911
Maybe somebody can fill me in here...
My thoughts were that disconnecting your landline left you with just enough functionality to call your phone company itself and 911.
Also, if your SOOOO worried about 911, keep a cell phone plugged in someplace so that power/internet outages are not a problem. (The phone won't even need a carrier)
I can definately agree that its good to know that with a landline, a dispatcher sees your address before they know your name, but there are alternatives to having copper pairs running to your house. I myself have been SBC free since about a week after Comcast rolled out HSI in my area.
If I wasn't so careless, I would have my voip, modem, router, and a cordless phone all jacked into a ups. |
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Kommie
join:2003-05-13
East Haven, CT
| reply to manifest
Re: Verizon number ported to Vonage took 5 weeks!
said by manifest  :And then when grandma needs to call 911 and her internet conection is down and she dies how are you gonna feel? VOIP is a great technology but not for everybody. You must work for a telco 
The Cable companies VOIP has TRUE 911 |
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911sux
@dupont.com | reply to rdumont
Help! I've fallen and can't get up, or call 911, or get my number ported!!
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rdumont
join:2005-01-28
New York, NY
| reply to manifest
I don't have a land line. I wouldn't have a house phone if it weren't for VOIP. Therefore, I would not have 911 service except from my cell phone.
And if one's grandmother drops dead, it's not like she will be able to dial 911 on a land line, will she?
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AnnoyedAtPeopleScare
@shawcable.net
| reply to manifest
Please don't hijack this thread with the tired old, "no 911, no service when power fails" argument. If those features are SOOOO important to you anyways you'd already have a cell phone!
The rest of us simply don't care. Move on. Nothing to see here! |
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dibbb
join:2003-09-19 | reply to Mark Z
This topic is really about number portability, not VoIP's 911 issues. In the VoIP forum, there's tons of information about 911 and VoIP. Check it out, good stuff there. |
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Mark Z
Premium
join:2002-10-14
 ·TekSavvy Solutions..
·Bell Sympatico
·Primus Telecommuni..
| reply to manifest
said by manifest :And then when grandma needs to call 911 and her internet conection is down and she dies how are you gonna feel? VOIP is a great technology but not for everybody. Touche! I was thinking the exact same thing...:p
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My Wheels |
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manifest
bitches
join:2004-08-14
Hartford, CT | reply to shashinka
And then when grandma needs to call 911 and her internet conection is down and she dies how are you gonna feel?
VOIP is a great technology but not for everybody. |
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