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Vonage A couple things struck me odd with the original story here. Let me preface by saying
A couple things struck me odd with the original story here. Let me preface by saying that in 2001, the apartment complex I was living in burnt to the ground. I came home from work to see my building on fire...we lost everything - and that just aint fun.
First odd thing about the article that struck me was that he was using Vonage during a fire. If your house is on fire, wouldn't you suspect that at some point the fire will get to your cables feeding your Vonage? The fire I was in was started by a faulty electrical light in the hallway. It shorted out the power to the building before starting to catch fire...no power would have meant no cable, no computer, and no Vonage. I'm not sure what state of fire his house was in....but apprently it was still in good enough shape to support his broadband system.
Second odd part is that this guy does appear to be a little bit ont he crazy side. When I was watching my apartment burn down the things I asked to fireman to look for was our pets, and my neighbors and their pets. I didnt really care about my computer at that time. While the fireman was in my apartment looking for our cats, he did bring out some pictures and my digital camera....because he though they were important enough.
I do feel bad for him that he was put on hold...and if it was Vonage who did so, that would be even worst. Would it make me go back to POTS? No....in case of fire I get the family out and use my cell phone.
After reading this story I did a 933 test and it said my address gets forwarded to a local dispatcher. Good thing too since I just updated my address.
Read The Full Thread: Internet phone delays 911 response to fire
• Found this today..
Everyone needs to be concerned with how their 911 service
• If anything, this underscores the imporatnce of having a backup, i.e cell phone,
• I agree..
I think you can still dial 911 with a cellphone that doesnt have service(correct
• There is something wrong here!
You CANNOT go back into a house that is "fully
• Got the story off of a news channel 5 website....So they can make things out to be
• I agree Firewall - if the Police and Fire Dept. were already there telling him not
• The ONLY reason I'd EVER go back in my burning house was if my wifey or any of the animals
• Yeah he is an idiot. Who runs into a burning building to save a computer?
• So did he call Vonage or 911? How did Vonage put him on hold?
• The home’s owner, Loren Veltkamp, says when he called 911, he was put on hold by
roiegat posted "A couple things struck me odd with the original story here. Let me preface by saying" on 02/27/2006 |
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