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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Jim Herrmann wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>J Leo Mauler wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>J L Garrett Goebel <garrett@scriptpro.com> wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>J L G Whenever it becomes affordable, I will switch to VOIP for local</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>J L G and long distance voice service through someone like SunRocket </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>J L G <A HREF="http://www.sunrocket.com" TARGET="_blank">http://www.sunrocket.com</A> for $200/year.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>J L </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>J L About the only reasons I don't switch to any kind of VoIP are 911 </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>J L service (the 911 dispatcher knows where you are with regular phone </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>J L service but not with VoIP), and the point that phone service doesn't </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>J L necessarily go out when the power goes out, but VoIP service either </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>J L goes out instantly during a power failure, or runs out in six hours </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>J L when the built-in UPS runs out of battery power.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>J </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>J There is supposed to be e911 now. They know where you are now because</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>J you tell them where you are, and the calls are routed to the 911</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>J operator in your area. Eventually, I think it's supposed to be able</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>J to figure out where you are. That's kind of disturbing, yet</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>J comforting. Hmm.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>SunRocket has E911. Not all the other VOIP providers did last time I checked...</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I have a cell phone which covers your power outage scenario. And the downed phone line scenario you didn't mention. Not that it matters much to me, our phone and power are buried.</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Makes me rememer an article I read a while back about a VOIP to GSM gateway. Ah thank you google, here it is: <A HREF="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=26715" TARGET="_blank">http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=26715</A></FONT></P>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>And that makes me remember how back around '93 you could send faxes internationally or long distance if you knew the email address that'd been setup to forward it to a fax machine in the same local calling area as the destination fax number.</FONT></P>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Garrett Goebel</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>IS Development Specialist</FONT>
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