scooby
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join:2001-05-01
Schaumburg, IL | reply to manfrommars2
Re: [VoicePulse] Not taking new orders?
I believe viatalk has e911 for atleast the areas they offer service. |
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manfrommars2
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join:2003-04-05
White Pigeon, MI
 ·ViaTalk
| That's what I'm not too clear about. They don't offer anything local to me here in White Pigeon but I got a number in Kalamazoo (about 45 miles north) which is actually long distance from here. But if I can get the service it would work great because it would be local to family. |
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mimjc
join:2002-01-04
Sturgis, MI | They do have numbers in Sturgis, which is a local call from White Pigeon. I believe they might also have Three Rivers numbers. |
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MichiganTelephone
@verio.net
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Verizon customers in the White Pigeon exchange can make local calls to White Pigeon, Constantine, Sturgis, and Union. Of those exchanges, VoicePulse can offer numbers in the Sturgis and Union exchanges.
People can dial into Sturgis numbers as a local call from these ILEC exchanges: Burr Oak, Centreville, Colon, Constantine, Sturgis, and White Pigeon
People can dial into Union numbers as a local call from these ILEC exchanges: Constantine, Edwardsburg, Union, Vandalia, White Pigeon, and Elkhart, Indiana.
I'm hoping that VoicePulse will have the whole e911 situation straightened out soon (if it isn't already), because they do have the best coverage of rural areas in Michigan, but I fear they may have encountered something that caused an unforeseen delay, and I'm not sure if everything's been resolved yet.
I'm sure they'd like to get back to selling their service also (if they aren't already doing so), and if anyone has been reading my blog you know that I think it's ridiculous that the FCC seems to be expecting the impossible of VoIP companies (particularly the smaller ones), while at the same time looking the other way when many cell phone companies are unable to meet the FCC's unrealistic demands. I truly believe that there is political favoritism (and possibly even outright corruption) at work here, and if I were the owner of a VoIP company, I would really resent it that the cell phone companies (which are much larger, have more resources at their disposal, and have had far longer to develop the technology) are not forced to stop signing up customers when they cannot meet FCC demands, but the VoIP companies are. You can say all you want about what VoicePulse or any other VoIP company should have done, but when all is said and done I really wish there were some way that the FCC could be held to account for its unfair and highly discriminatory enforcement, which is depriving potential VoIP customers of all the service options that would otherwise be available to them. |
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manfrommars2
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join:2003-04-05
White Pigeon, MI
·ViaTalk
| Just an update...
I had decided to go with Viatalk after finding out I couldn't sign with VP. Been with them for less than a month but so far have been pretty happy. Good to know however, that if need be, I can finally sign up with VP. I do appreciate the info from everyone. |
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