More on Vonage service disruptions...

Fri Mar 4 23:07:07 UTC 2005

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 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.
>> 
>> 
>

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