My mum has TWC VoIP service and it sucks....I have never embraced it. On Aug 11, 2015 5:10 PM, "Chuck McCown" <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
> Oh, yeah, Elevator Alarms too... > > *From:* Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 11, 2015 5:08 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* [AFMUG] voip inadequacies > > I am compiling a list of sip/voip issues I have run into over the years. > I am going to get beaten up by some bureaucrats tomorrow morning and I want > to have a list to defuse them before the oral part of the proceedings start. > > I am going to say that ATA/SIP/VOIP is not suitable for the following: > > Fax Machines (don’t even get me started on this, tried to do a doctor’s > office and pharmacy once....) > > TDD The teminal that deaf people use. Does anyone know if a TDD will > work on a garden variety ATA? I don’t have one I can test with. > > Dial up modems.... > > Fire Alarm control panels (the monitoring companies refuse to even hook it > up if you tell them it is VOIP). > Burglar Alarms .... ditto > > I wonder about heart monitors that you wear and have the results phoned in. > > Dial phones. I have never tried to use a pulse dial phone on an ATA/SIP > unit. I wonder if it would work. > > Any others? >
