On 26 Aug 2006 08:03:34 -0700, "JimH" wrote:


Sam D wrote:
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Sam D wrote:
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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.

Why? The signal goes out of your house just exactly as it does with a
landline. Brinks works just great with VOIP

One is digital and the other analog. Not the same.

They both STILL go out of my house exactly the same. Same exact wiring.
Get it? Doubtful.


No, they don't. With POTS your alarm panel is wired directly to telephone
system. With cable/vonage the wiring goes from the alarm panel, then to your
Vonage modem, then to your cable modem, and out of the house through the
coax/fiber to your cable provider who then provides the connection to the
telephone network.

Get it?

Pssst........Sam...........you are trying to have a discussion with a
brick wall. ;-)

That's a slam on brick walls everywhere. Besides, I prefer to think
of him as a sack of hammers. :-)