Archive for May, 2008

VoIP 911

Calgary toddler dies after family calls 911 on internet phone

This is why we ditched Vonage. Not because they were misrouting the call — they routed it correctly — but because after a call to 911 it became obvious that using Vonage added at least five minutes to ambulance arrival time. With a mitochondrial disease in the house, we couldn’t justify that.

It’s true local telcos have been heavily abusing a monopoly position for years, but it isn’t worth cutting off your own nose to spite them.