moby866
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| I plan on it.
I plan on ditching my landline as soon as I can get the 911 service activated on my VOIP service. Since the street I live on does not show on any maps except for taxes and schools and water it makes it really hard to get the proper location set. My street did not exist at this time last year, I can't even get a pizza delivered without explaining it 3-4 times to different people when I call in.
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pcscdma
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| said by moby866  :I can't even get a pizza delivered without explaining it 3-4 times to different people when I call in. Not addresses, though very similar -
One of the pizza places here would not accept cell phone numbers for deliveries. Their stupid computer system would always say "Out of Delivery Area" and the employees would have no idea what the heck to do. They could write it down on a piece of paper, but it took a few minutes to realize that you could actually take an order without using a computer.
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voip911subscriber
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WOW!!! If you can get pizza delivery you should be happy. No pizza place within 17 miles of where I live. If you are in a town big enough for pizza delivery you are a lot better off than I am. I have vonage and called 911 with no problems just the other day. |
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calvoiper
join:2003-03-31
Belvedere Tiburon, CA
| I use my cell phone number for pizza deliveries because the pizza joint's computer won't update my landline from my old address and I'm tired of telling them a new address each time--so I just started giving my cell and it works great.
Guess if I move again in town, I'll have to get a new number from one company or the other, or I'll have to visit the pizza joint and have a personal conversation with them about updating my address.
Dodging this problem using different phone numbers reminds me of dodging Microsoft vulnerabilities by using AV, AntiSpyware, and firewall products from other vendors. All because of stupid people and/or stupid programming.
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lesopp
join:2001-06-27
Land O Lakes, FL | reply to voip911subscriber
No delivery, there's always DiGiorno  |
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