911 Access

LP linuxpusher2 at gmail.com
Thu Oct 16 22:30:38 UTC 2014 

It should also be noted that 911 will still work from a bell line that is
cancelled by the customer.
911 will also work from a cell phone where the user has cancelled its
service, I once had reason to dial 911 from a terminated cell phone.



On 16 October 2014 10:03, John Hopkinson <John.Hopkinson at kwictech.com>
wrote:

>  I normally do not contribute to these threads, as I do not consider
> myself technically competant enough.  However there was a statement made
> that I simply could not let slip by, the statement being:
> "I was Grinning ear to ear. 911 works with it too."
>
> While it may appear that this is correct, you are NOT getting full 911
> service unless you are using a "land line" and service provided by Bell,
> not necessarily rented from Bell.
>
> Cell phones, IP telephony, etc., none of these systems can give you the
> same guaranteed service that you get via a Land Line, and these other
> services have already cost lives.
>
> The reason is relatively simple and is due to power.  Bell is required to
> provide generators at its COs.  Cell towers are not so required (and it
> would be impossible to do given their order of magnitude greater numbers),
> nor are internet servers (similar reasons).  Thus in a power outage
> situation Cell and IP telephony is much less likely to work.  If switching
> to these other services, it is sensible to keep a basic land line service
> into your home or office.
>
> Some of the non-land line services providers hake statements about 911
> services, but if you read the contract carefully you will find that the
> guarantees of service are not the same as with Land Line, and it is against
> Canadian Law for them to guarantee full service.
> Given the nature of this discussion I felt all participants should be
> aware of the facts.
>
> Best regards,
>
> John
>
>
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> Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 08:35:01 -0400
> From: LP <linuxpusher2 at gmail.com> <linuxpusher2 at gmail.com>
> To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com> <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: netflix
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> I was Grinning ear to ear.
> 911 works with it too.
> http://www.nettalk.ca/http://www.nettalk.ca/products/duo-comparison/
>
> All the more reason to fight for internet freedom.
>
>
>
> On 16 October 2014 08:21, CrankyOldBugger <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>  Isn't is so great cancelling Bell?  Wifeski and I were felt so good after
> we cancelled it all (well, her cellphone still needs to go, but that's it).
>
>
> On 16 October 2014 08:09, LP <linuxpusher2 at gmail.com> <linuxpusher2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>  We have Netflix for approx 6 months now.
>
> And Net Talk $39/yr.
> I cancelled our satellite & Phone.
> Never been happier, bell never once billed us correctly for their
> services.
> I cannot describe how good it felt to tell bell Cancel our service we no
> longer need you, Sigh !
>
> We 2 Adults, 1 teen & 1 under 12.
> Movies and TV shows Galore, NO Sports on it.
> For $8/month no contracts first month free give it a try.
>
>
>
> On 13 October 2014 12:37, Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com> <raymondh40 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>  Well, I'll tell you I mostly watch foreign films and some good
> documentaries,and Dutch detective TV series where you don't even see a
> firearm also the same in rural England.I bypass all the Bruce Lee kind of
> stuff and specially the american 12 guys dead in the first 12 minutes of
> the film kind of movies.I think it's worth the $8.00 a month fee, no lousy
> commercials !
>
> On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 12:08 PM, CrankyOldBugger <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>  Glad to help.
>
> Maybe you can help me now.. is Netflix any good?  What can a Canadian
> watch on it?
>
>
> On 13 October 2014 12:04, Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com> <raymondh40 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>  I had to cancel Chromium (which was installed ealier) and install
> Chrome as per the link you sent and it works fine, thank you Cranky.
>
> On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 11:12 AM, Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com> <raymondh40 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>  Thank you Cranky, I will check it out, That was to be my next
> question.I'm using ubuntu 14.04.
>
> On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 11:07 AM, CrankyOldBugger <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>  They now have proper support in Ubuntu for Netflix.  I'm not sure
> what OS you're running, but you might want to investigate.
>
> Here's the announcement:https://insights.ubuntu.com/2014/10/10/watch-netflix-in-ubuntu-today/
>
>
> On 13 October 2014 10:56, Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com> <raymondh40 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>  Hello everyone, I'm using silverlight and (I think pipelight) to
> view netflix movies and I find that silverlight often crashes, has anyone
> else had the same problem? Sometimes I have to shut down and restart the
> computer to get it to work again, it never crashes once a movie is showing
> but when I make the selection of a title the screen goes blanc and it just
> stays like that until I close netflix. Thanks.
>
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> Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 08:39:47 -0400
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> Tell me then, who supplies your internet connection? please. I would love
> to do the same but Bell is my internet supplier.
>
> On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 8:35 AM, LP <linuxpusher2 at gmail.com> <linuxpusher2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>  I was Grinning ear to ear.
> 911 works with it too.
> http://www.nettalk.ca/http://www.nettalk.ca/products/duo-comparison/
>
> All the more reason to fight for internet freedom.
>
>
>
> On 16 October 2014 08:21, CrankyOldBugger <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>  Isn't is so great cancelling Bell?  Wifeski and I were felt so good after
> we cancelled it all (well, her cellphone still needs to go, but that's it).
>
>
> On 16 October 2014 08:09, LP <linuxpusher2 at gmail.com> <linuxpusher2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>  We have Netflix for approx 6 months now.
>
> And Net Talk $39/yr.
> I cancelled our satellite & Phone.
> Never been happier, bell never once billed us correctly for their
> services.
> I cannot describe how good it felt to tell bell Cancel our service we no
> longer need you, Sigh !
>
> We 2 Adults, 1 teen & 1 under 12.
> Movies and TV shows Galore, NO Sports on it.
> For $8/month no contracts first month free give it a try.
>
>
>
> On 13 October 2014 12:37, Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com> <raymondh40 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>  Well, I'll tell you I mostly watch foreign films and some good
> documentaries,and Dutch detective TV series where you don't even see a
> firearm also the same in rural England.I bypass all the Bruce Lee kind of
> stuff and specially the american 12 guys dead in the first 12 minutes of
> the film kind of movies.I think it's worth the $8.00 a month fee, no lousy
> commercials !
>
> On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 12:08 PM, CrankyOldBugger <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>  Glad to help.
>
> Maybe you can help me now.. is Netflix any good?  What can a Canadian
> watch on it?
>
>
> On 13 October 2014 12:04, Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com> <raymondh40 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>  I had to cancel Chromium (which was installed ealier) and install
> Chrome as per the link you sent and it works fine, thank you Cranky.
>
> On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 11:12 AM, Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com
>
>  wrote:
>
>   Thank you Cranky, I will check it out, That was to be my next
> question.I'm using ubuntu 14.04.
>
> On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 11:07 AM, CrankyOldBugger <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>  They now have proper support in Ubuntu for Netflix.  I'm not sure
> what OS you're running, but you might want to investigate.
>
> Here's the announcement:https://insights.ubuntu.com/2014/10/10/watch-netflix-in-ubuntu-today/
>
>
> On 13 October 2014 10:56, Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com> <raymondh40 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>  Hello everyone, I'm using silverlight and (I think pipelight) to
> view netflix movies and I find that silverlight often crashes, has anyone
> else had the same problem? Sometimes I have to shut down and restart the
> computer to get it to work again, it never crashes once a movie is showing
> but when I make the selection of a title the screen goes blanc and it just
> stays like that until I close netflix. Thanks.
>
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