[LINK] Call Canada: cheaper than Katoomba

[Ash Nallawalla]

> From: rchirgwin at ozemail.com.au

> Well, the ACA is the pinnacle of the tech press! I was giving 
> you the current information from the Verbiage Website, so 
> until I have a moment to check, I'll believe the supplier 
> rather than A Current Affair!

I actually rang Virbiage (03 9620 5500) and they confirmed that this is indeed
currently available.  I said I was mentioning it in an article and I didn't
actually have a device (they weren't curious or eager to know anything about me or
the article).  The direct calling service for FireFly is via
http://www.freshtel.net/products/plan_show.php.  All calls are timed per minute.

> OK, to qualify what I wrote: Emergency call support on Vonage 
> is (a) limited, (b) demands self-management, and (c) imposes 
> a legal liability on the owner which doesn't exist for a PSTN 
> phone (read the T&Cs).
> 
> Here's a serious question: Vonage calls are very cheap; but 
> "what if" the long-term penalty is a huge escalation in your 
> home liability insurance?

Don't know. Should my premium go up if I don't have a telephone at all?  My wife's
workplace (child care) has half a dozen dummy mobile phones (from a dad who must
work in a phone shop) that look very real - are they likely to be mistaken in a
real emergency there?

My phone is in the office, under a desk, so the local phone is more visible, but
for the growing number of SIP and non-SIP phones that are entering private homes,
it is an interesting question.

Ash