A Marine VHF works under almost any circumstances, and anywhere coastal in the world. You can almost always reach the Coast Guard.
>-----Original Message----- >From: Marshall Eubanks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 4:56 AM >To: Russell J. Lahti >Cc: nanog@nanog.org; 'Alex Rubenstein' >Subject: Re: Telecom Collapse? > > >On Dec 4, 2008, at 7:47 AM, Russell J. Lahti wrote: > >> That is the one and only thing keeping a land line at my home. I >> have two young children, and I need to be sure that if something >> were to ever happen that: 1.) The phone would work even if the >> power was out, or the Internet connectivity was flaking out. >> 2.) 911 would function exactly the way it is supposed to, and >> not be routed to some 3rd party call center which could potentially >> delay a response. >> >> I haven't found the power to be reliable, and the cable Internet >> tends to go down when the power goes out. There's always cellular, >> but then you have to depend on there being someone with a cell phone > >Also, where I live, if the power goes out hard (for example, during >the last Hurricane), >the cell phone will not have service either. > >Regards >Marshall > >> >> around to make the call, and my kids aren't to the age yet that I >> would want them toting around their own cell phones. As long as >> my POTS line is more reliable than VoIP, I'll probably keep it. >> >> -Russell >> >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Mike Lyon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 2:11 AM >>> To: Alex Rubenstein >>> Cc: nanog@nanog.org >>> Subject: Re: Telecom Collapse? >>> >>> That makes two of us... >>> >>> Anyways, for residential VOIP, where are we these days with >>> E911? Are providers like Vonage and such providing reliable >>> E911 when people call 911? That is one of the major problems >>> I see with the residential realm going with VOIP offerings... >>> >>> -Mike >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 11:06 PM, Alex Rubenstein >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I deliberated for a while on whether to send this, or not, but I >>>>> figure it might be of interest to this community: >>>>> >>>>> http://techliberation.com/2008/12/04/telecom-collapse/ >>>> >>>> Good god. If there is even the mention of a LEC bailout, I >>> am going to go insane and probably shoot someone (those who >>> know me know this is a actual possibility). >>>> >>>> If the phone companies had actually focused on providing >>> good, competitive service, this would have never happened. >>> Instead, they spent money and time on figuring out ways to >>> screw with their competition, and have legislation passed >>> that protects them. >>>> >>>> People (at least the ones I know) are fed up with dealing >>> with these companies, and many people I know don't have land >>> lines and never intend on having them again. >>>> >>>> Let them collapse. It's good for them, us, and the >>> capitalist in you and me. Go buy a cell phone, and have a coke. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >
