[Cialug]voip

[neal daringer]

UPS? i have a ups with enough juice to power my cable modem, switch, and 
ATA for a good 8 hours. i dont think i need to worry about having less 
reliability than POTS. the difference between POTS and voip can be 
negligible, you just have to be willing to take the extra steps(most of 
which the POTS systems has in place but you never see i.e. diesel 
generators, etc.)

if all else fails, just use a CB radio.

jaybabel at mchsi.com wrote:
>
> When Mediacom tried selling it to me I told them I had no interest in 
> VOIP and the rep indicated there was a distinction between VOIP and 
> broadband phone service.  Didn't matter to me.  I want a POTS line for 
> reliability.  I've lost cable and electricity over the past 25+ years 
> a lot more often than I've lost my POTS.  If you don't have 
> electricity you can't power a cable modem and you can't charge a cell 
> phone battery.
>
>
>  
>
>     -------------- Original message from neal daringer
>     <admin at c0wzftp.com>: --------------
>
>
>     > maybe what i said about not being ip was wrong (in a sense).
>     from what i
>     > understand, from reading mediacom tech posts on broadbandreports
>     is that
>     > their ATA's work on a seperate network than the internet service
>     do.
>     > i.e. ITT when you hook it up to the cable modem it pulls a
>     different IP
>     > address altogether than the public ip you have for internet access.
>     >
>     > at least thats what i understand from what the tech says. i wont
>     get it
>     > b/c mediacom doesnt have half the features that vonage has.
>     although im
>     > still looking for the call block feature where i can block
>     individual
>     > numbers. if i ever get around to it, i'd just get some ip phones
>     and
>     > start using my pbx and block callers that way.
>     >
>     > Jeffr ey Ollie wrote:
>     > > On 12/5/07, jrnosee at gmail.com wrote:
>     > >
>     > >> Are you sure about it not being VOIP? I've seen the device,
>     it looks like
>     > >> it would be a cable modem + sip adapter.
>     > >>
>     > >
>     > > Anyone have one of their modems handy? It should be fairly
>     easy to
>     > > Google the cable modem model number to find out some more
>     information
>     > > about it.
>     > >
>     > > Jeff
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