VOIP

[thescreensavers]

What happens when the power goes out and you have only VOIP and you need to call 911? and your dsl modem is off b/c of no power???

What do you do?

 

[tweakmm]

Go to a neighbors house.
or
Bend over and kiss own ass goodbye.

It is for this exact reason(well, more for communication in general) that I'd never switch completely over to VOIP.

Although chances are if you have a dsl connection, you'll have a dial-tone as the two generally go hand-in-hand.

 

[jlbenedict]

kick yourself in the @$$ for being so stupid to only have VOIP in the first place
:thumbsup:

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: thescreensavers
What happens when the power goes out and you have only VOIP and you need to call 911? and your dsl modem is off b/c of no power???

What do you do?

You get murdered/robbed/die of heart attack/the worst case scenario of any other emergency you might have.

 

[thescreensavers]

no i have a cell, i am talking about an old granny or someone with no cell phone just VOIP.

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: thescreensavers
no i have a cell, i am talking about an old granny or someone with no cell phone just VOIP.

They get murdered/robbed/die of heart attack/the worst case scenario of any other emergency they might have.

 

[Kelemvor]

Anyone that has VoIP should be smart enough to have a cell phone as a backup. Or have your Modem and such on a UPS. That way unless the central office loses power, you'd still be fine.

 

[astrosfan90]

I use my cell phone. SunRocket at least makes it very clear that you should have a backup for exactly this reason.

 

[Zee]

Originally posted by: thescreensavers
What happens when the power goes out and you have only VOIP and you need to call 911? and your dsl modem is off b/c of no power???

What do you do?

have a backup power supply for the modem

 

[DanTMWTMP]

I hope no one here pronounces it "Voeep."

It's "Voice Over I P" damn it. It's a serious petpeeve I have, since I knew someone who kept on pronouncing it Voeep, and had no idea what it meant. he was such an idiot.

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP
I hope no one here pronounces it "Voeep."

It's "Voice Over I P" damn it. It's a serious petpeeve I have, since I knew someone who kept on pronouncing it Voeep, and had no idea what it meant. he was such an idiot.

Is that vo-eep, or like pronouncing Jon Voight's last name?

 

[CaffeineAndStuff]

Just have your cable modem / router / VOIP adapter and phone (if it is powered) on a UPS.
The power went out last night for me (which is the first time since I installed the UPS) and it worked great.

 

[DanTMWTMP]

Originally posted by: KLin

Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP
I hope no one here pronounces it "Voeep."

It's "Voice Over I P" damn it. It's a serious petpeeve I have, since I knew someone who kept on pronouncing it Voeep, and had no idea what it meant. he was such an idiot.

Is that vo-eep, or like pronouncing Jon Voight's last name?

i mean, like Jon Voight's last name, hehe.

 

[astrosfan90]

Originally posted by: CaffeineAndStuff
Just have your cable modem / router / VOIP adapter and phone (if it is powered) on a UPS.
The power went out last night for me (which is the first time since I installed the UPS) and it worked great.

Yeah, I want to give that a shot with my SunRocket service. I've been contemplating one for a while, and that might be enough of an added perk to put me over the edge for one.

 

[KK]

what happens when your phone line goes out and you need to call 911?

What do you do?

 

[astrosfan90]

Originally posted by: KK
what happens when your phone line goes out and you need to call 911?

What do you do?

Use my cell phone.

 

[Biggerhammer]

You pick up your cellphone. Hit the nine. Hit the One. Hit the one again. Push the little green 'connect' button.

 

[Sphexi]

Originally posted by: jlbenedict
kick yourself in the @$$ for being so stupid to only have VOIP in the first place
:thumbsup:

Spend $30 on a UPS to power cable modem/VOIP box. Or use a cellphone, of which there are 120mil+ in the US. Or any other number of things which don't require you paying twice as much or more than VOIP for a landline.

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: thescreensavers

What do you do?

use your cell phone

 

[Kelemvor]

Heh heh. Never heard anyone pronounce it Voyp before. Just VoIP I normally just say it word for word.