I know people with some of those cable/phone/tv packages that the phone 
won't work when the power's out believe it or not. My fios would if we used 
the house phone but we all use cell phones and that's enough aggravation, 
the house phone would put me in the loony bin. When I move out on my own I 
might go back to vonage or voicewing possibly, but if my bills are tight as 
I expect, that will be the first thing cut form the plan. Cell phone is 
enough for me, and with t-mobile, I have the cim card so if that breaks or 
something, I can switch to my backup phone fast. I get a new one when I 
renew my contracts all the time but always keep the last one too just in 
case of a problem with the current one.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Senk, Mark J. (CDC/NIOSH/NPPTL)" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 12:53 PM
Subject: Re: changing phone companies


> Exactly.  I have the VOIP adapter, router and cable modem in a cheap =
> UPS.  Packet8 on the network and there are occasional problems.  When =
> Comcast cable dies, I can't phone to complain.
>
> We used to get to the Internet over the phone, and now we get to the the =
> phone over the Internet.
>
> And I bet there are lots of phones that won't work when that wall =
> adapter is not powered.
>
> =20
> Mark
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators =
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Miller
> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 12:47 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: changing phone companies
>
> 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.=20
> 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=20
>> it, and often their calls sounded clippie.  Calls also dropped out at=20
>> times for no apparent reason.  I am also not sure if they solved the=20
>> problem of not being able to call 911 on their system.  And finally,=20
>> this may also be a case of if your electricity goes down, your phone=20
>> service will also go down.
>> Harvey