XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: Nobody@NotMyISP.net   
      
   On 5/18/19 3:56 AM, sms wrote:   
      
   >> Not everyone has much choice. Our only cable option is   
   >> Charter/Spectrum. 100Mbps down/10Mbps up (but we usually get about 10%   
   >> faster than those) is approx. $65/mo. (internet only, no phone or TV).   
   >   
   > I ported my home number to Google Voice years ago, and I use an Obihai   
   > SIP adapter to connect to the analog phone wiring. No charge for Google   
   > Voice, but if you want E-911 service you have to sign up for that with   
   > someone else. It's amazing that anyone is still paying for AT&T landline   
   > service (or Vonage or Ooma or MagicJack).   
      
   We have an Obihai box for home-phone service, with PhonePower as our   
   provider. Our Google Voice number (ported from AT&T to T-Mobile@Home,   
   and from there to GV) forwards to the PhonePower-assigned number (which   
   very few people know), and our outgoing calls "spoof" that GV number --   
   but of course we had to confirm/authorize that spoofing; is that still   
   going to be legal, or will the proposed new legislation prevent that?   
      
   The whole porting thing is a mess, IMNSHO: it's impossible to be sure of   
   the geographical location of a caller. I know of at least two countries   
   where cell-phone numbers have a special "area code" (or codes).   
      
   Perce   
      
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