Do you need broadband, or will skype work with dial up on a windows machine? Do you need an email client for skype?
On Mon, 5 May 2008, Don wrote: > Two advantages of the magicjack, are you can have 9 11 service, it works from > your address, rather than your phone number, pretty cool, and the price, > you just can't beat the price. > And then their is always skype, and a skype adapter, if you don't want to set > in front of the computer. You can plug in the skype adapter, and use your > regular land line phone. You cvan buy a year of Skype in, until June 1 for > $23.95, a year. Call any where unlimited in the states, and Canada. > Regards Don > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Victor Gouveia > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 3:37 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 > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
