I don't know about them but voicewing will route the 922 calls to what ever
911 gets you in the area you're calling from in most if not all cases. I'll
always have my cell phone and very likely the VOIP phone line, but when I
move out of this house which I'm sure will happen some day and live on my
own, I'll not be having a phone line beyond that voip line and my cell for
emergencies like I use now.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Buddy Brannan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 11:37 AM
Subject: Re: phone service


> Hi Bob,
>
> No, it actually is true, with some caveats. And actually, I'd
> appreciate it if you'd use this service instead (affiliate link):
> http://clickit.url123.com/viatalk
>
> A couple reasons:
>
> 1) It's $2/month cheaper month to month, lots more cheaper if you
> prepay;
> 2) Cheap, cheap, cheap international rates;
> 3) You can take the second line on your adapter and use it for
> another VOIP service, such as Free World Dialup. (Vonage locks down
> their adapter and you can't do anything with it.)
>
> The page is accessible, as is the configuration page on the adapter
> Viatalk sends. I don't know much about Vonage.
>
> Anyway, I said there are caveats to the VOIP service. Any VOIP
> service such as Vonage, Viatalk, Packet8, or whichever:
>
> 1) If your Internet service goes down, so does your phone line.
>
> 2) If you lose power (and if your cable/DSL modem and phone adapter
> aren't on a UPS), you'll lose your phone service. If you're on a UPS,
> you can still lose phone service if your Internet service goes down.
>
> 3) E911 is probably not routed to the real 911 operator, but rather,
> to some other emergency dispatch center.
>
> For these resaons, I wouldn't have a VOIP phone as my only phone
> line. If you have DSL, this is a non-issue, because you need a phone
> line anyway. But if you have cable and want to cut your ties to the
> telco, or if you want cheap long distance (unlimited to the US and
> Canada), or if you need a phone number in an area code in which you
> don't live, a VOIP phone is a great thing. If your VOIP phone is your
> only home phone, I'd suggest also having a cellphone for emergencies.
> They're justd arned handy, anyway.
>
> All that said, I've had a VOIP line for a couple years now...I was a
> Packet8 subscriber for a long time and recently switched to Viatalk.
> The sound quality on Viatalk is better, and I've only had one outage.
>
> Buddy, KB5ELV
>