Re: VOIP vs POTS was: Re: [semi-OT] alternatives to FairPoint in Nashua?

2009-12-21 Thread Bill McGonigle
On 12/07/2009 11:21 PM, Ben Scott wrote: On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 1:05 PM, Gerry Hullge...@telosity.com wrote: Though this lowers my reliability, I still contend it's 59s because of backups to cell, etc. Er, if it's down, it's down. That's what counts. The fact that you have

VOIP vs POTS was: Re: [semi-OT] alternatives to FairPoint in Nashua?

2009-12-07 Thread Gerry Hull
It's seems that some here still believe VOIP is not aot a good alternative to having a POTS line. I've run a consulting biz, and my home phone service, for 5 years on pure VOIP. I have 59s reliability, and, in general is costs much less than the bundled services provided by broadband companies.

Re: VOIP vs POTS was: Re: [semi-OT] alternatives to FairPoint in Nashua?

2009-12-07 Thread Ben Scott
On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 1:05 PM, Gerry Hull ge...@telosity.com wrote: Though this lowers my reliability, I still contend it's 59s because of backups to cell, etc. Er, if it's down, it's down. That's what counts. The fact that you have alternatives don't mean it isn't down. You haven't