Is it possible to hook up my Vonage to the home alarm system service
> (Brinks Security)? Or do I still need to get an analog phone line from
> Southwestern Bell? Thanks.
> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: It _should_ be possible, but bear in
> mind one thing burglars sometimes do is cut the electrical wire to
> your house; that would as a result cut off your computer's electrical
> supply, and kill your Vonage phone. Some alarm companies also have a
> method of dealing not only with a call _into_ them, but also a way of
> telling when their device has been _disconnected_ from the phone
> line. I am not sure how well that would work when using Vonage, so you
> might want to have the Brinks representative there to look at it > also. PAT]
Two things.
1) Put a UPS in front of the Vonage router. This will provide power when the perpetrator cuts the line, though I will say that most thieves are too stupid to know how to cut the power these days. 2) When you set up the dial string, include the # sign at the end to tell Vonage that you've stopped dialing and to put the call through.