E911 can be used from a Cell phone or the VOIP services. (It is required)
There was just a stink down here in one of the municipalities that the Cell phone providers had not been giving them the info for E911 system to work effectively.
But it should not matter if it is VOIP or land line they are all supposed to be E911 compliant.
Stewart At 10:30 AM 2/25/2009, you wrote:
don't you need/shouldn't you have a land line in case you need 911? On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Tony B <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't see why not, especially since you may not be getting it from > the local phone company right now. I assumed you were, which was why > you were reluctant to give up the old landline. Anyway, a quick call > to your phone company/Earthlink should answer the question and supply > pricing info. > > But again, now may be the time to consider alternatives. Specifically, > cable & satellite options. For myself, it was cheaper to drop DSL and > go with VOIP over cable (satellite has too much latency for my gaming > to be considered). > > > On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 11:02 AM, David Turk <[email protected]> > wrote: > > OK, here's something I've been wondering for awhile. > > > > If I discontinue my home phone service, will I still be able to get DSL > from my ISP (Earthlink in this case), since it comes in over the phone > lines? > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
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