> I guess my question was a little deeper than that. > Can I simply ditch the PTSN?
911 is the sticking point. Most commercial VoIP services come with the disclaimer that they are *not* a primary line replacement, precisely because of the liability issues associated with providing emergency services. For example, a typical configuration would be to not care where the caller is from, and simply route calls according to the country and city code, as appropriate. If you dump "911" into such a system, it has no way to route you to an appropriate operator. Sitting around in Indiana talking to a 911 operator in Los Angeles generally does you very little good. That said, in controlled environments, some services are now offering VoIP primary line replacements. The only service I currently know that is doing so is Vonage (http://www.vonage.com/), and it is doing so only in very specific markets at the moment. Further, the handling of 911 in their system is sub-optimal[1], in as much as it doesn't dump you into the normal 911 queue, and the PSAP will not have any information about your location. In, say, a medical emergency, I would far prefer to be talking about the emergency itself than trying to spell the name of my street. Until this tiny, possibly life-or-death detail gets sorted out, I'm probably going to have at least one traditional phone line at all times. /a [1] See http://www.vonage.com/small_business/features_911.php _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
