[blu] Re: [blu] Re: VoIP quality -- 911 reliability

[Kent Borg]

On Mon, May 23, 2005 at 07:32:32PM +0000, John Chambers wrote:
> In the case of wired Internet, it's fairly obvious that the  location
> is  available  somewhere  in  the system.

Wired internet, yes.  

I recently signed up for Vonage, and to capture the traffic of the box
talking to the vonage server, I ran the connection through my notebook
and ran ethereal.  It required some futzing, but I got the routing
working.  Then it occured to me: I might be able to do the same when I
have my notebook hooked up through my Sprint cellphone.  I bet the
quality will be crappy if it works at all, but it might be possible.
Just perverse enough that I will have to try it.

As for the 911 address to give, I haven't signed up.  We will be
traveling back and forth with this box, there is no telling where it
might be at any moment.

Question: anyone have a recommendation for a really little wired phone
I could velcro to the Vonage Linksys box to make the package as
portable as possible?  There is a small phone available in various
flavors that only works with a plugged in headset (not a handset), but
I would like to find one with called ID.

-kb