[BC] Vonage (etc) vs copper dial line]

[Rich Wood]

------ At 11:08 AM 1/28/2008, R A Meuser wrote: -------

>Well not exactly. Verizon did not do well at all in the last blackout.
>They did not do well on 911 either. If anyone thinks they can depend on
>telco battery in the 21st century, they are fooling themselves.

I was joking, since nothing changed but the name from Nynex to 
Verizon. The last 29 hour blackout proved to everyone that Ham radio 
is probably the most reliable disaster communications medium. I know 
Hams who live for such occasions.

Rich