Magic Jack is what I would go with and I might as a secondary kind of a deal down the line. David Ferrin www.jaws-users.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Victor Gouveia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 5:37 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] VOIP Phones
> Hi Larry, > > there are a few considerations you may want to take into account when > wanting to switch to VOIP phones. > > First and foremost is the 911 service it's attached to and whether it's > registered. > > We had a death attributed directly to a VOIP phone not being registered > with > 911, and instead of the ambulance going to the proper address, it went > clear > across town, so you may want to check on this. > > Another concern is the fact that it's mainly electrically driven, meaning > if > the power goes out, or even just the cable that the high speed internet is > connected to goes out, so does your phone service, so God forbid you ever > get a fire or another emergency during one of those black outs, or cable > outage. > > Lastly is the amount you're paying for high speed internet because if > you're > not getting the full service, meaning you're at the highest connection > speed, you may have to upgrade to a higher speed connection, which will > end > up bumping up your price overall, not a very nice prospect. > > Of course, there's the other factor of having to buy additional handsets, > additional services like call waiting and call answering services like > voicemail, that sort of thing, as those will cost extra, unless you're > going > to be getting software that will handle all of that, and is it going to be > accessible? > > Anyway, hope I've given you a few things to think about. > > > Victor > Co-moderator > Blind Movie Buffs List > Guidedogs List > > > ------------------------------------ > > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > Or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following > address for more information: > http://www.jaws-users.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Groups Links > > > >
