In article <3oni13h6id91rdrhmi5f2pojmjjeruq3qi@4ax.com>, The Ghost of General Lee wrote:

>>I see Vonage, trying to justify the $25/month before the first phone call,
>>always bragging about 911 service. So what? It's no big deal, at all.
>
> Hmm, sounds like we have a Skype apologist here.

Now, in defense of Larry (how strange that sounds!) - if he's always
somewhere where he knows the emergency phone numbers, he's not going
to need 911. Fact is, however, many people do.

I don't necessarily need 911 at home -- I know Victorville's police
and fire number is 760/241-2911 (notice the last three digits!) - but
even then, I don't know if they'd get my address automatically. I'm
not sure how it works if you call the local emergency number directly,
instead of the 911 PSAP.

Personally, with children in the house, there's no way in hell I'd
want to be without 911...

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Steve Sobol, Professional Geek ** Java/VB/VC/PHP/Perl ** Linux/*BSD/Windows
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