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   From: nospam@needed.com   
      
   Alan wrote:   
   > Rogers   
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   <>   
      
   > (8) We now have rogers for TV, Internet and telephone. We're getting   
   > 12% off each service = that's good!   
   >   
      
   I would withhold that round of applause, until you learn   
   more about how the telephone works.   
      
   During a power outage, it will likely be non-functional.   
      
   It may not have 911 locator service. I'm not sure what the   
   status is these days, of 911 which is not on POTS.   
      
   You'll likely have other long distance options,   
   and "anything but Bell" will help you there.   
      
   Keep track of "call completion", and see how it   
   compares to POTS. Does every call you attempt to   
   make, happen the first time ?   
      
   I expect you didn't get number portability, as Bell   
   has been denying this recently. I don't know what   
   the law states about number portability - I guess   
   the law is arbitrary or useless, judging by what   
   I've heard. Number portability, is the ability to   
   use the same phone number you had with Bell, so   
   you don't have to contact all your friends, the   
   bank etc., and give your new number. AFAIK, to   
   port a number, you get the new phone company to   
   "pull" it from the old phone company. Only when   
   that is completed, do you "give the finger" to   
   the old phone company, not before.   
      
       Paul   
      
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