[Asterisk-Users] OT: DSL without voice

[Rich Adamson]

> > > So given all that, I'm looking for ideas and solutions that others have
> > > implemented to address this issue.
> >
> > There are at least two solutions available:
> >
> > 1.) Locate the emergency number for your local 911 provider - every
> > single 911 office should have a non-911 number that is still considered
> > an emergency number.  How do you find this, simple, call your local
> > phone company and ask them, they should know it - otherwise the local
> > police department will.  Then have * dial this number over your VoIP
> > line whenever someone dials 911 on one of your phones and there you go,
> > 911 service over VoIP.
> 
> Perhaps I wasn't clear.  The process of dialing 911 via * is a given, what
> I'm concerned about is those situations in which you have a power failure
> and * isn't available.  My contingency is to have a phone that is directly
> connected to the PSTN and simply turn the ringer off so that it isn't
> bothersome during normal operation.  Given a power outage we could use
> that phone, but again it becomes an issue of training non-family members.

Or, use an spa-3000. I've got my spa set to 'always' dial out from the fxs
to the fxo for all calls, unless prefixed with an "8". All "8" calls (whether
extensions or sent to an itsp) are handled by *. The fxs is registering
with * as does the fxo (as a second extn). If power is lost, no change for
non-technical phone users and E911 is always supported.

Inbound itsp calls are sent to the spa fxs port using disttinctive ringing,
and all inbound pstn calls are spa pass-through (fxo -> fxs). Works great
and everyone gets every single function available with little spouse
training. :)