I have packet 8
When the internet is down I am without telephone service.  When the electric 
power is down I am without telephone service.  The power has been out 
several times.  Sometimes I have to reset the modem.  Sometimes the 
receiving party cannot hear me even though I can hear them and I have to 
place the call again.  I would not recommend is as a main phone without a 
backup, either cell or land line.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nate Duehr" <nate@natetech.com>
To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." <piclist@mit.edu>
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 3:00 AM
Subject: Re: [OT] VOIP Telephone service experience


>
> On Jan 6, 2008, at 4:25 PM, Peter van Hoof wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am considering switching from a  landline to a VOIP service
>> such as Vonage to reduce cost. I am wondering about experience
>> with such service, recommendations of one company or another etc.
>
>
> Works, and anyone technical can understand the real limitations and
> explain them carefully to their family.  (reliability issues, 911
> issues, etc.)
>
> I wouldn't put only VoIP service in any home where small children who
> aren't old enough to know the address or communicate it to a 911
> dispatcher, or where an elderly person lives, or anyone with serious
> medical issues.  Other than that, for the average home -- it does what
> it does, and seems to be fine for day-to-day phone service.
>
> (Here's a nifty idea for someone to market -- make an emergency box
> that has a reasonably guarded button/switch that plays a loop of a
> recorded message.  Record a message that says an emergency button has
> been pressed by someone at X address and have this box play that to
> the phone line attached.  Market it cheaply to VoIP phone users.
>
>
>> Do the boxes typically drive  several phones at the same
>> time  (ringer equivalent)?
>
>
> Haven't had any problems, but can't find a RE number on any of the
> ATA's I've used yet.    If you have a house with a real bell ringer in
> every room, I suppose you might have problems with ring working
> reliably but most electronic ringers are using so little power anyway...
>
>
> --
> Nate Duehr
> nate@natetech.com
>
>
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