Harry Krause wrote:
JohnH wrote:
On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 11:17:38 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

basskisser wrote:
This morning the phones in the neighborhood where I live were all out.
I didn't even know it, because I have comcast high speed and vonage! I
asked the Bellsouth Technician why he was checking the line in front of
my house, because I was going to tell him it's dead to my house because
I don't have Bellsouth. He said he was checking because some digital
device that serves the whole neighborhood went out, and they are trying
to restore service!!!



Wonderful. Our security alarm system sent out a letter recently
advising customers NOT to transfer to VOIP unless they leave a wired
traditional phone line in place or subscribe to a special, new,
expensive cell service.

Wanna guess why?

The security company says it is working on a VOIP solution but so
far, it "is not reliable."

If the security company isn't reliable, I'd get a new one.

You've identified many reasons why you can't switch to VOIP. That's a
shame, and we all feel sorry for you.


Most of the major home security company connect lines do not work with
VOIP, I've since learned.

Harry,

Save yourself the money on home security. Just keep the sign and forget
the service. The cops make responding to a home security call the
absolutely lowest priority call because 99.999999% of them are false
alarms.

By the time the cops show up at at your home the burglar has either
killed you both or has removed everything of value and is in the next
state.

I had a neighbor who left town with a helium balloon in the kitchen, as
the balloon lost it's lift whenever the air conditioning came on, the
home security system would go off. The outside alarm would stay on
until the cops arrived and called into the "home security company". It
would take them 2 hrs to arrive. They said it was always false alarms
so it was always the last thing they responded to.

The sign is as effective as the alarm system.