Re: OT?:VOIP/Skype in Southern Illinois

[sreindl@apci.net]

Skype is a Vonage type internet service.

Quoting Charlie_Bruce@nal.com:

> I am not sure which voip you are referring to . If you are referring to
> 
> internal voip ( not via internet), then there are mechanisms to enable
> 
> e911,
> which we are currently using.
> Regards,
> -charlie
> 
> 
> Charlie Bruce, CCNP,CNE,MCSE
> Wide Area Network Administrator
> North American Lighting
> 618-548-6249x4549
> Flora, Salem,  Paris, Il, and  Farmington Hills,MI
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Stephen Reindl <sreindl@apci.net>
> Sent by: silug-discuss-owner@silug.org
> 07/18/2005 08:49 PM
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> 
> As long as you have a cell phone that is hooked up with enhanced 911
> calling you should be OK. The big drawback right now with the Voip
> stuff
> (lawsuit type drawbacks) is the total inability of the service to use
> any type of 911 calling. This is a problem caused by both ends, but
> the
> LEC isn't going to give away something that they have spent
> considerable
> time and money on, to a competitor.
> 
> So basically, if you have some way of calling 911, skype is supposed
> to
> be good.
> 
> Just my opinion. Your mileage may vary.
> 
> NZG wrote:
> 
> >Skype seems nice, and pretty reasonable,
> >It's got a debian packagefor free computer to computer calls, and
> fairly
> >inexpensive packages allowing you to talk with normal numbers.
> >
> >
> 
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