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Re: Phone networks struggle in Hurricane Katrina's wake
From: "Fergie (Paul Ferguson)" <fergdawg () netzero net>
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 23:23:15 GMT
Me? I personally never trade my POTS for VoIP... - ferg -- Iljitsch van Beijnum <iljitsch () muada com> wrote: On 30-aug-2005, at 22:08, Fergie (Paul Ferguson) wrote:
"In this age of cheap commoditized consumer electronics and advanced mobile technology, why can't all the people of a city make contact during an emergency?
Simple: it's too expensive. Keep this in mind when trading in your POTS service for VoIP service over the internet. Discounting the local loop which is often the same in both cases, POTS is extremely reliable while VoIP over the public internet, well, isn't. But apparently people that switch to VoIP don't mind the reduced likelihood of being able to make calls during the next large scale emergency.
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- RE: Phone networks struggle in Hurricane Katrina's wake Peering (Aug 30)
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