VoIP quality

[Matt Galster]

On 5/21/05, trlists at clayst.com <trlists at clayst.com> wrote:
> On 21 May 2005 Doug Sweetser wrote:
> 
> > Her current reservation is that she want to hear from someone else
> > who has this service and is satisfied with the quality of calls.  I
> > can understand how the baby bells all want us to worry about this new
> > technology.  If anyone here has the service, any reviews would be
> > appreciated.
> 
> Well I can't speak quite directly to this but I do have a few friends
> who have VoIP and the quality is uniformly ... mediocre.  At best.
> Specifically, lots of garbled conversations and lots of short drop-
> outs.  However, I don't know what providers they use nor how much the
> quality depends on the provider.
> 
> Another issue with eliminating the phone line is 911 service.  As I
> understand it the VoIP folks are under no obligation to provide it and
> sometimes charge extra for it.  Plus your 911 access is then dependent
> on a broadband provider's network, which in my experience is
> dramatically less reliable than regular phone service (though perhaps
> still reliable enough).
> 
> --
> Tom

They have 120 days to get 911 working.

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