[78484] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: More on Vonage service disruptions...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joel Jaeggli)
Fri Mar 4 18:08:07 2005
Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 15:07:07 -0800 (PST)
From: Joel Jaeggli <joelja@darkwing.uoregon.edu>
To: Christopher Woodfield <rekoil@semihuman.com>
Cc: swm@emanon.com, nanog@nanog.org,
"'John Levine'" <johnl@iecc.com>, fergdawg@netzero.net
In-Reply-To: <0bb11005174352b56d8a37bd8783226f@semihuman.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
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.
>>
>> Regards,
>> John Levine, johnl@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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