On May 15, 12:54*pm, wrote:
On Fri, 15 May 2009 09:29:29 -0700 (PDT), RicodJour

wrote:
Can you call out 911 for emergency and the 911 dispatcher will know
where you are calling from like land line?

Yep. *It has to be registered, and if you move and take the line with
you, you have to re-register. *You also need a UPS or other form of
battery backup so you won't lose phone service during a power outage.

R

The real problem is the cable company will be down too if you have a
very big power failure. After any garden variety storm my cable is out
a day or two. I have yet to see how DSL will do.

I have DSL and it the phone lines are up, the DSL is up.

There is also an option for "network failure" of DSL or the Vonage box
going down. If that happens for if you don't answer in a given time,
it will forward to another phone (like my cell phone).