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Posted by Syd Barrett on November 1, 2006, 5:31 pm
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Hi all,
I have Vonage and would like to make it available to all jacks in
the house, which I'm told involves plugging my Moto VT1002 into the
nearest jack with a splitter, and then disconnecting the inside wiring
from outside plant at the NID. Here is where it gets sticky. I am
having an alarm system installed, and of course I want the alarm
circuit to run over POTS (VoIP is still waaaaaay too unreliable for
something so vital). What would be the cleanest way to have this done?
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Posted by Rod Dorman on November 2, 2006, 2:05 pm
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>Hi all,
> I have Vonage and would like to make it available to all jacks in
>the house, which I'm told involves plugging my Moto VT1002 into the
>nearest jack with a splitter, and then disconnecting the inside wiring
>from outside plant at the NID. Here is where it gets sticky. I am
>having an alarm system installed, and of course I want the alarm
>circuit to run over POTS (VoIP is still waaaaaay too unreliable for
>something so vital).
So you're going to have a traditional POTS land line *and* a Vonage
line?
> What would be the cleanest way to have this done?
Disconnect the inside wiring from the POTS and connect the new alarm
system to it instead.
--
-- Rod --
rodd(at)polylogics(dot)com
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Posted by Syd Barrett on November 2, 2006, 4:36 pm
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Don't most ILEC's and CLEC's offer discounts for a dry pair? It would
just be an emergency alarm ckt, so I wouldn't need any 'voice' features
to it. However, some people have asked me why not just have the alarm
ckt backhauled to my VT1002, and my reply is that for something like an
alarm system, I want uptime and reliability that VoIP is nowhere close
to delivering yet....
Rod Dorman wrote:
> >Hi all,
> > I have Vonage and would like to make it available to all jacks in
> >the house, which I'm told involves plugging my Moto VT1002 into the
> >nearest jack with a splitter, and then disconnecting the inside wiring
> >from outside plant at the NID. Here is where it gets sticky. I am
> >having an alarm system installed, and of course I want the alarm
> >circuit to run over POTS (VoIP is still waaaaaay too unreliable for
> >something so vital).
>
> So you're going to have a traditional POTS land line *and* a Vonage
> line?
>
> > What would be the cleanest way to have this done?
>
> Disconnect the inside wiring from the POTS and connect the new alarm
> system to it instead.
>
> --
> -- Rod --
> rodd(at)polylogics(dot)com
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Posted by Carl Zwanzig on November 3, 2006, 4:14 pm
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>Don't most ILEC's and CLEC's offer discounts for a dry pair?
In most places, dry pairs are simply not available for new installations.
> It would
>just be an emergency alarm ckt, so I wouldn't need any 'voice' features
>to it.
The alarm dialer will need a dial tone, which is, perforce, a 'voice'
feature.
>However, some people have asked me why not just have the alarm
>ckt backhauled to my VT1002, and my reply is that for something like an
>alarm system, I want uptime and reliability that VoIP is nowhere close
>to delivering yet....
Keep the POTS line. You could switch it to measured service, if available,
which would save a few dollars a month.
z!
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Posted by on November 4, 2006, 9:41 am
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Syd Barrett wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have Vonage and would like to make it available to all jacks in
> the house, which I'm told involves plugging my Moto VT1002 into the
> nearest jack with a splitter, and then disconnecting the inside wiring
> from outside plant at the NID. Here is where it gets sticky. I am
> having an alarm system installed, and of course I want the alarm
> circuit to run over POTS (VoIP is still waaaaaay too unreliable for
> something so vital). What would be the cleanest way to have this done?
Our alarm box is logically connected between the telco demarc and the
rest of the house. The alarm box normally connects the telco side to
the house so we get dial-tone. When an alarm needs to be reported, the
alarm box breaks any existing phone connection and goes off-hook to get
a dial tone.
I thought this was the normal wiring arrangement for monitored alarm
services. If so, you shouldn't have a problem.
Mike
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