[Shotimes] Re: OT Vonage

[Jim & Debbie Leyden]

That is strange...

I thought that it was universal now.  A dead line isn't truly dead and will
still dial 911.  I know this for a fact here in Atlanta and I know it does
it in Morrow County, Ohio, which is totally backwoods.
With the digital switches the phone company uses now, there is no need for a
dial tone.  It is provided for your comfort.  Before the days of 911 you
could pick up a dead phone and dial 0 and get an operator, unless of course,
the line has been physically disconnected from the pole.

Jim



-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Rick Glass
Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 1:27 AM
To: shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Re: OT Vonage

You are correct Ron, no service on a landline means no dial tone, no dial 
tone = no connection........I doubt that will ever change.

The only time a non-active phone works for 911 is in the case of a cell 
phone.

Rick Glass
        '99 SF  80k   Flowmasters  Kirk'd
        '99 VW 123k Bone Stock  Kirk'd

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Porter" <ronporter@prodigy.net>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 11:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Re: OT Vonage


> That would mean that you would still have to havve a dial tone. Is this 
> now the case? I haven't moved in a few years, but no service always was 
> equal to a dead line.
>
> Ron Porter
>
> Ben Bentley <sho32@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Even if you have no paid phone service in your house you are still 
> supposed to have 911 dial out capability as long as the house is wired to 
> have a telephone. With the enhanced 911 service it will show the address 
> from where the call is being placed, but it will not list who's name the 
> phone is in since it's obviously not a paid service. If you want to use 
> Vonage simply have a phone or two in the house that is still wired into 
> the landline service. Just one of the things I've learned in my last year 
> or so of working in a 911 PSAP.
>
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>
> Ben
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