Vonage vs. Verizon

[Tom Buskey]

On 1/17/07, Paul Lussier <p.lussier at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> "Ben Scott" <dragonhawk at gmail.com> writes:
>
> >   In fairness, the 911concerns (well, the real ones) are not about
> > *if* calls can go through, but whether calls will *always* go through,
> > and properly.  I'm sure I don't need to tell you, Paul, about the
> > differences between "seems to work" and "trusted to always work".  :)
>
> True.  And my data sample is one call...  But there was a public
> perception (I'm sure perpetrated by the tradition telcos) that
> VoIP-based systems are unreliable and they used the 911 service as a
> "well known example".



And in order to compete with the VoIP stuff, the phone companies are
replacing the POTS, which has dumb terminals [phones] and an intelligent
network with a new network (FiOS) with a dumb network and intelligent
terminals.  I'm sure the new networks are no where near as robust.
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