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RE: Telecom Collapse?
From: Skywing <Skywing () valhallalegends com>
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 21:11:50 -0600
Yes, that's correct as far as I know -- though you might not be able to receive a return call from the dispatcher. - S -----Original Message----- From: Church, Charles [mailto:cchurc05 () harris com] Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 9:44 AM To: Russell J. Lahti Cc: nanog () nanog org Subject: RE: Telecom Collapse? In the past, an inactive cell phone could still dial 911. I'm not sure if that's still the case, but it used to be, at least with some carriers. Chuck -----Original Message----- From: Russell J. Lahti [mailto:rlahti () glcom net] Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 7:47 AM To: 'Mike Lyon'; 'Alex Rubenstein' Cc: nanog () nanog org Subject: RE: Telecom Collapse? That is the one and only thing keeping a land line at my home. I have two young children, and I need to be sure that if something were to ever happen that: 1.) The phone would work even if the power was out, or the Internet connectivity was flaking out. 2.) 911 would function exactly the way it is supposed to, and not be routed to some 3rd party call center which could potentially delay a response. I haven't found the power to be reliable, and the cable Internet tends to go down when the power goes out. There's always cellular, but then you have to depend on there being someone with a cell phone around to make the call, and my kids aren't to the age yet that I would want them toting around their own cell phones. As long as my POTS line is more reliable than VoIP, I'll probably keep it. -Russell
-----Original Message----- From: Mike Lyon [mailto:mike.lyon () gmail com] Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 2:11 AM To: Alex Rubenstein Cc: nanog () nanog org Subject: Re: Telecom Collapse? That makes two of us... Anyways, for residential VOIP, where are we these days with E911? Are providers like Vonage and such providing reliable E911 when people call 911? That is one of the major problems I see with the residential realm going with VOIP offerings... -Mike On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 11:06 PM, Alex Rubenstein <alex () corp nac net> wrote:I deliberated for a while on whether to send this, or not, but I figure it might be of interest to this community: http://techliberation.com/2008/12/04/telecom-collapse/Good god. If there is even the mention of a LEC bailout, Iam going to go insane and probably shoot someone (those who know me know this is a actual possibility).If the phone companies had actually focused on providinggood, competitive service, this would have never happened. Instead, they spent money and time on figuring out ways to screw with their competition, and have legislation passed that protects them.People (at least the ones I know) are fed up with dealingwith these companies, and many people I know don't have land lines and never intend on having them again.Let them collapse. It's good for them, us, and thecapitalist in you and me. Go buy a cell phone, and have a coke.
Current thread:
- Re: Telecom Collapse?, (continued)
- Re: Telecom Collapse? Marshall Eubanks (Dec 05)
- RE: Telecom Collapse? Skywing (Dec 05)
- Re: Telecom Collapse? Michael Thomas (Dec 04)
- Re: Telecom Collapse? Steven M. Bellovin (Dec 04)
- Re: Telecom Collapse? Alexander Harrowell (Dec 04)
- RE: Telecom Collapse? Erik (Caneris) (Dec 04)
- Re: Telecom Collapse? Chris Marlatt (Dec 04)
- RE: Telecom Collapse? Skywing (Dec 04)
- Re: Telecom Collapse? Stephen Sprunk (Dec 04)
- Re: Telecom Collapse? Chris Marlatt (Dec 04)
- RE: Telecom Collapse? Skywing (Dec 04)
- Re: Telecom Collapse? Joe Greco (Dec 04)
- Re: Telecom Collapse? Josh Potter (Dec 04)
- Re: Telecom Collapse? Paul Bosworth (Dec 04)
- Re: Telecom Collapse? Steven M. Bellovin (Dec 04)
- Re: Telecom Collapse? Paul Bosworth (Dec 04)
- Re: Telecom Collapse? Jack Bates (Dec 04)
- Re: Telecom Collapse? Paul Bosworth (Dec 04)
- Re: Telecom Collapse? Justin M. Streiner (Dec 04)
- Re: Telecom Collapse? Paul Bosworth (Dec 04)
- Re: Telecom Collapse? b nickell (Dec 04)