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I'm a belt and suspenders man myself (cable internet, twisted pair phone) but 
I'll mention one problem with many digital phone services that recently came 
to light (and tragically so) here in Houston.  Many (although apparently not 
quite all) digital phone services won't let you call 911.

In a message dated 10/11/2005 2:05:25 PM Central Daylight Time, 
fkamp at comcast.net writes: 
> Well, I checked out firefly and it looks like they
> also offer a service that allows firefly users to
> connect with normal telephone users, but their
> rates for that service seem pretty high.  Costs
> are based on minuites of use similar to long
> distance carriers.
> 
> In this area there is a push by ISPs to offer
> telephone service and a push by telephone
> companies to offer ISP service.  Vontage even
> offers VoIP over DSL.  Not sure why since most DSL
> operates over telephone lines.  Why would you need
> VoIP over DSL when you already have a normal
> telephone line?  Makes me wonder how many people
> get sucked into paying twice for a service they
> already have.
> 

Robert Downs - Houston
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