On Fri, 4 Mar 2005, Christopher Woodfield wrote:
This does bring up a hardware design question...I'm wondering how difficult of an engineering/marketing problem it would be to design VoIP adapters with built-in backup batteries. How does the power consumption profile of a VoIP adapter compare to, say, a cellphone? What would this add to the cost of the device, and how long could the battery last?
I Like I suspect many people and any business I've ever encountered have an ups for my home router, switches, wireless accesspoints, and voip handset... if you have only a cordless phone you have approximately the same problem.
-C
On Mar 3, 2005, at 10:25 PM, Scott Morris wrote:
Perhaps it varies by state, but I thought part of the E-911 service regulations was that if you were offering (charging) for it, you had to offer it as "lifeline" service which meant it had to survive power outage. *shrug*
I guess the original regs weren't written with these things in mind!
Scott
-----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf Of John Levine Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 9:17 PM To: nanog@nanog.org Cc: fergdawg@netzero.net Subject: Re: More on Vonage service disruptions...
There was actually a story in USA Today a couple of days ago where a family tried calling 911 on their VoIP service during a burglary only to be told by a recorded message that they must "dial 911 from another phone"...
I was surprised to see on Packet8's web site that they now offer E911 in a lot of places. You have to have a local phone number and pay an extra $1.50/mo. They remind you that if your power goes out, your phone still won't work, but if you can call 911, it'll be a real 911 call.
This still has little to do with port blocking, but a lot to do with the whole question of what level of service people are paying for vs. what level they think they are paying for.
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