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On 2 Oct 2004 16:24:49 -0700, (Chet Hayes)
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Why wouldn't a monitored security system be able to dial out with
internet phone service? The systems provided by the cable companies
look like just a regular phone line from the phones in the house and
the numbers are dialed the same way.

But they are not - they are digital after they move from the phone
through the adaptor and not analog again until they are transmitted to
the receiving phone.

I have Charter broadband, and have had 4 outages since last Christmas.
The first time, when I finally got thru to the (two?) folks at the
helpdesk, they said that they could come out and take a look in about 10
days. (???!!!) the 2nd, the estimate was far better only 6 days. do
you really want to be without phone service for that long? When's the
last time you lost dial tone with SBC?