<p>My girlfriend has Uverse VDSL internet, and POTS for voice. It's do-able if you play your cards right.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Aug 12, 2012 5:43 PM, "Scott Packard" <<a href="mailto:spackard@gmail.com">spackard@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
> Just make sure you still have a regular copper drop in the event of an
emergency. Sure, the VoIP gateway has a hefty battery backup, but I
still prefer having an old fashioned phone line just in case (911
doesn't require a phone service account with telco, just a working jack
with dial tone). <br><br>You can't. If you sign up for Uverse they force you off of POTS.<br>I've been there, tried that. Fought that. Wrote letters.<br><br>Regards, Scott<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 5:28 PM, Dan Buthusiem <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dan.buthusiem@gmail.com" target="_blank">dan.buthusiem@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> Just make sure you still have a regular copper drop in the event of an emergency. Sure, the VoIP gateway has a hefty battery backup, but I still prefer having an old fashioned phone line just in case (911 doesn't require a phone service account with telco, just a working jack with dial tone). </blockquote>
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