Does anyone out there have VOIP phone experience? I am looking to talk to someone about how mobile a VOIP setup is. I am wondering how easy and reliable it would be to temporarily set up VOIP phones in our house (which has Comcast cable modems, but no local telephone service) for a conference call party on Sunday, August 13th.
Are those VOIP phones the sort of thing you can simply unplug, drive over to a friend’s house, re-ip address, and connect with? Can it be that easy?
As persistent readers will recall, we were planning on hosting a political fundraiser for Jim Webb way back in June. Sadly, he injured his hand and had to go in for surgery and we ended up canceling the event. Because he won the primary, and it is looking to be a really competitive race; his schedule has filled up and getting him out to our house in person will be difficult. We have been offered the chance to host a conference call fundraising event (somewhat experimental) where our guests will hear the candidate but not be able to shake hands and meet face to face.
I am a little dubious about how appealing that will be, but am willing to give it a try; but we have a technical problem as well. We rely on cell phones here, but for something this important I think we need more stability. Verizon is out of the question for technical, ethical, and political reasons. I am wondering how hard it would be to rig up a temporary VOIP solution.
A separate question is: would anyone be interested in coming to a fundraiser/conference-call? There’d be no chance to shake hands and read body language; but the plus side is you’d still get to eat Erci’s cooking and jump in the pool before or after the call.
Your thoughts on either issue are cordially invited.
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