More on Vonage service disruptions...

Fri Mar 4 17:45:54 UTC 2005

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?

-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 at merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog at merit.edu] On Behalf 
> Of John
> Levine
> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 9:17 PM
> To: nanog at nanog.org
> Cc: fergdawg at 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.
>
> Regards,
> John Levine, johnl at iecc.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for
> Dummies", Information Superhighwayman wanna-be, 
> http://www.johnlevine.com,
> Mayor "I dropped the toothpaste", said Tom, crestfallenly.
>
>