On Wednesday 16 November 2005 01:05, Leo Mauler wrote:
--- Garrett Goebel [email protected] wrote:
Whenever it becomes affordable, I will switch to VOIP for local and long distance voice service through someone like SunRocket http://www.sunrocket.com for $200/year.
About the only reasons I don't switch to any kind of VoIP are 911 service
Riverside has a alternate number for emergencies instead of 911 :)
(the 911 dispatcher knows where you are with regular phone service but not with VoIP),
If you can dial 911, why can't you say where you are? :\
and the point that phone service doesn't necessarily go out when the power goes out, but VoIP service either goes out instantly during a power failure,
Get a UPS...
or runs out in six hours when the built-in UPS runs out of battery power.
And I'm sure the POTS batteries will never die when the power goes out either...
That ice storm a few years back knocked out the power for two days, knocking out cable service too (one battery-powered TV). Phone lines worked fine for both days, allowing me to call the electric and cable companies for information.
Ouch... two days is much too long for power to be out :( What did people with electric heating do?