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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 514327" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>The other downside with VoIP is locating you in the event of an emergency.</p><p></p><p>Traditional in-land phone lines can be traced to your location over the wire. If you've called 911 in an emergency and the call gets interrupted, the emergency personnel can still find you based on the connection to your phone. With VoIP, they must rely on user-provided data. If you move but don't provide your updated address to the 911 service, or if your phone number was once held by someone else and the data isn't up-to-date, then they can't find your current location.</p><p></p><p>You can get around this by having an old non-powered phone handset in your house, as Star said. You can call 911 even if you don't have standard phone service, and they can use the line to find you if necessary.</p><p></p><p>I don't use VoIP, so I can't speak for the quality of service.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 514327, member: 3907"] The other downside with VoIP is locating you in the event of an emergency. Traditional in-land phone lines can be traced to your location over the wire. If you've called 911 in an emergency and the call gets interrupted, the emergency personnel can still find you based on the connection to your phone. With VoIP, they must rely on user-provided data. If you move but don't provide your updated address to the 911 service, or if your phone number was once held by someone else and the data isn't up-to-date, then they can't find your current location. You can get around this by having an old non-powered phone handset in your house, as Star said. You can call 911 even if you don't have standard phone service, and they can use the line to find you if necessary. I don't use VoIP, so I can't speak for the quality of service. [/QUOTE]
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