Re: Phone Question on Cable/Traditional

willshak wrote:
on 11/9/2008 11:19 AM DerbyDad03 said the following:
aemeijers wrote:
HeyBub wrote:
George wrote:
LouB wrote:
DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Nov 8, 12:07 am, Bert Byfield <bertbyfi...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I've got two land lines, one cable and one traditional phone
company. And I have a telephone that handles two phone lines. Can
I plug the two different types of phone lines into the same
telephone?
Yes, but why?

Would it be cheaper to get a second line from the cable company and
eliminate the TelCo bill?
Some people like regular # for 911 safety.

Lou
Or some need to use 1980 technology acoustic modems to have their
pacemakers checked.

1. Can't an acoustic modem work with a VoIP line?

2. In many respects, a cell phone is better for contacting 911 than an ordinary land-line. A cell phone connection, for example, can't be cut by the invading goblins.

Does the term 'single point of failure' ring a bell? If all your connectivity to the outside world is through a single pipe, if that pipe has any problems, you are cut off. I have 3rd-party DSL that rides a separate pair of wires. I have had it go down, and the POTS dial tone still worked. I have had the POTS dial tone go down, and the DSL still worked. I have Satellite for TV, but I also have a roof antenna for days the satt is being cranky. I even have a toy pre-paid cell, mainly for travel, but I still keep a 2-way radio in the car.

Yes, I always recommend to people that they keep their copper line. I also recommend they keep one stone-age line-powered corded Real Telephone plugged into it. Like the ones they had in the house as a kid, the Ma Bell WE style. Modern phones are disposable, and subject to silent failures. The old 500/2500 desk sets are damn near indestructible.

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aem sends....

But the fire I'm calling about started in the basement, where I'm trapped because I tripped running for the phone and broke my hip.

The fire took out my TelCo block so I can't use the land line phone, which I managed to grab on the way down to the cold, hard concrete slap.

My cell phone fell out of it's holster and slid under the washer.

I'm lying here shivering on the floor, well aware of the irony that the fire will soon solve the warmth issue, while holding a useless phone in my hand while staring at my lifeline lying under the washer.

I'll let you know how this all works out...

Can't you email the local emergency services with that laptop you were carrying at the time, or did the battery die?

It was the laptop battery blowing up that caused the fire in the first place.

I believe it was the result of a very heated discussion in a.h.r regarding the 911 capabilities of the various phone service options.

Damn that whole circle of life thing.
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