As you know, the days of POTS (Plain Old Telephone System) are gone for my house, so I really don't need that wireless ISDN telephone setup anymore. You can buy it here! Watch out, there's already a bid for it!
What's the situation with emergency calls? Does your provider have a way of handling this, given the non-geographic nature of VOIP? It's a live issue in the UK right now (and the US I think).
Well, the regulator's got me there ... it's not pure VoIP in the sense that I cannot just take the phone and plug it into any internet connection. It goes into the cable modem the location of which is known to the cable operator, so they can & do handle emergency calls.
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A telecoms regulator writes...
What's the situation with emergency calls? Does your provider have a way of handling this, given the non-geographic nature of VOIP? It's a live issue in the UK right now (and the US I think).
Well, the regulator's got me there ... it's not pure VoIP in the sense that I cannot just take the phone and plug it into any internet connection. It goes into the cable modem the location of which is known to the cable operator, so they can & do handle emergency calls.
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