Re: [Nolug] VoIP routers for $70 and a little work

On Fri, 2004-05-28 at 09:30 -0500, -ray wrote:
> On Fri, 28 May 2004, Joey Kelly wrote:
>
> > A must-read:
> >
> > http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20040527.html
>
> A novel idea, but he doesn't discuss how this would affect emergency
> services (911). It's already a major problem for cell, and now VoIP
> companies. Bottom line is a wired phone is a life saving device. A cell
> or WiFi/VoIP phone isn't.

And... wired phones still work when the power's out. Cell
phones may not, and the circuits will get flooded soon
enough.

-- 
Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>
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