[Cialug]voip

[Tom Poe]

Jeffrey Ollie wrote:
> On 12/5/07, Zachary Kotlarek <zach at kotlarek.com> wrote:
>   
>> But let's
>> not pretend that the phone company provides some magically reliability
>> that you couldn't emulate with your own equipment.
>>     
>
> If the telco or the cable company lose power there's nothing that you
> can install at your home that's going to make your phone calls go
> through.  The quesion is then, who are you going to trust to keep
> their systems up and running when the power goes out?  My bet is on
> the telco - they've been in the business longer and their systems are
> structured in such a way that makes it easier for them.
>
> Jeff
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Of course, in an ideal world, this is a moot issue.  Wireless 
infrastructure moves everything to the individual, and the "gatekeeper" 
nonsense is resolved in favor of the individual, and VoIP rules the earth!
Tom