[Novalug] [OT] Verizon Experience Store Grand Opening

Ken Kauffman kkauffman@headfog.com
Tue Feb 6 13:00:44 EST 2007


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Skyrocket and some others use your internet service as the backbone.  Do
you trust your internet provider to be available in a 911 situation?
For instance, you hear someone breaking into your home.

Way too many times, especially in "new service areas", the internet has
been extremely unstable and going through unscheduled maintenance and
upgrades.

Oh here's a good one -- I tried to call Cox Business support one day for
a service outage.  Couldn't get through.  One of their PRIMARY router
groups crashed/went offline.  Oh -- but they use Cox digital phone
service for their support phone lines which goes through the same
routers.  D'oh!  In that 2 hour windows they were recovering -- lets say
something happened -- 911...

I understand this is my personal decision, but the telco infrastructure
is significantly more mature and capably redundant.  One day the
alternatives will be a feasible alternative -- for me.

Ken

Russell Evans wrote:
> On Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:40:51 -0500
> "Michael Stone" <mstone@mathom.us> wrote:
> 
>> On Tue, Feb 06, 2007 at 11:40:07AM -0500, Ken Kauffman wrote:
>>> I'd like to know that when I press "911" it will work.
>> Fine, you pay for it. I don't want to. 
> 
> It used to be that 911 calls, on any phone line with dial tone,
> subscribed or not, where required to work. Has that changed? . 
> 
> 
> Thank you
> Russell
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