911 Access

Thu Oct 16 22:33:31 UTC 2014

I'd always heard about the 911 via terminated cellphone but never had full
confirmation on it, good to know. Although I'm 99.9% sure you still need to
have a sim card in it or the phone won't be able to connect to a tower in
the first place.

~Doug

On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 3:30 PM, LP <linuxpusher2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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>> Today's Topics:
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>>    1. Re: netflix (LP)
>>    2. Re: netflix (Raymond House)
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>> Message: 1
>> 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
>> From: Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com> <raymondh40 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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>> 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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