They fixed the 911 issue long ago. Actually, fixing the electricity issue is 
easy too, get a small UPS and just put the router and vonage adapter on it. 
A small UPS will run just those 2 things for long enough that if you're with 
out power longer than that you shouldn't stay there anyway.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Harvey Heagy" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 12:40 PM
Subject: Re: changing phone companies


> If it were me, I would not go with Vonage.  Some friends of mine had it, 
> and
> often their calls sounded clippie.  Calls also dropped out at times for no
> apparent reason.  I am also not sure if they solved the problem of not 
> being
> able to call 911 on their system.  And finally, this may also be a case of
> if your electricity goes down, your phone service will also go down.
> Harvey