[pianotech] voip phone lines

[Mark Schecter]

Living in earthquake country, I'm not ready to depend entirely on the 
cell phone towers. I lose cellular calls every day driving through 
heavily populated areas, even on major freeways (AT&T). True, a 
catastrophe that disrupts cell service could also disrupt land lines, 
but I'm keeping my land line on the house phone anyway. DSL depends on 
land lines, cable networks traverse the same poles as land lines. Who 
knows which, if any, will stay up? I'm hedging my bets.

-Mark Schecter, Oakland, CA
1 mi. from the Hayward fault
30% chance of the BIG big one in the next 30 years

Porritt, David wrote:
> John:
> 
> That’s what cell phones are for.  I’ve had a VOIP phone for 5 or 6 years 
> (Vonage.com) and I’d never go back to land lines.  My ISP is a wireless 
> provider.
> 
> dp
> 
> David M. Porritt, RPT
> 
> dporritt at smu.edu
> 
> *From:* pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] *On 
> Behalf Of *John Ross
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 18, 2009 9:23 PM
> *To:* pianotech at ptg.org
> *Subject:* Re: [pianotech] voip phone lines
> 
> *Landline is good to report power outages as well.*