"How does the thing work?
Electricity; the high priest of false security"*
* Sherlock Holmes and The Pearl of Death - 1944.
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Hi All,
Every year around the time when The Snowbirds return to Century Village, an issue arises in the Security Committee; of which I am a member.
"Why Can't I use my Cellphone to call in Guests thru the gate via the Automated Guest Entry System (AGES)"? Many of these folks have given up their Plain Old Telephone System (POTS) landline and use Cell phones exclusively.
The majority of the Committee thus far has always decided against allowing this, the reasoning being that "it is desireable that the Unit Owner be physically present in their unit when calling in a guest". Clearly, using a Cell Phone would allow the Unit Owner to call in from anywhere.
I have repeatedly suggested that the committee is fighting a Technology Wave of inexorable power, but to no avail.
This is easy to enforce, because there are dedicated number blocks which equate to Cellular Telephones and they are easy to look up. However, it should be noted that the Telephone Number Portablity Act pokes a bit of a hole in this patina of security because it allows you to Port a Landline number to a Cell Phone: REF:
http://www.law.duke.edu/journals/dltr/articles/2004dltr0006.html
The Technology Wave is about to expand exponentially:
a new technology is spreading called "Voice over Internet Protocol" (VoIP). This technology will poke a much bigger hole in our sense of Security here in CV. These calls consist of digitized voice routed over the INTERNET, and there are no dedicated number blocks uniquely associated with VoIP. In fact, when you subscribe to a VoIP service, you may use your existing Florida local Plain Old Telephone System (POTS) number, and it is not subject to being readily detected as a VoIP number, nor is any other VoIP number that you may be assigned.
So; if you subscribe to a VoIp service which is National in coverage, a Unit Owner with such a service could call in a guest via their VoIP service from anywhere in the country.
The AGES would not know the difference nor can UCO look up the VoIP number when the Unit Owner registers it for the Call in system; it will look like any other Landline Telephone Number.
Dave Israel
Electricity; the high priest of false security"*
* Sherlock Holmes and The Pearl of Death - 1944.
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Hi All,
Every year around the time when The Snowbirds return to Century Village, an issue arises in the Security Committee; of which I am a member.
"Why Can't I use my Cellphone to call in Guests thru the gate via the Automated Guest Entry System (AGES)"? Many of these folks have given up their Plain Old Telephone System (POTS) landline and use Cell phones exclusively.
The majority of the Committee thus far has always decided against allowing this, the reasoning being that "it is desireable that the Unit Owner be physically present in their unit when calling in a guest". Clearly, using a Cell Phone would allow the Unit Owner to call in from anywhere.
I have repeatedly suggested that the committee is fighting a Technology Wave of inexorable power, but to no avail.
This is easy to enforce, because there are dedicated number blocks which equate to Cellular Telephones and they are easy to look up. However, it should be noted that the Telephone Number Portablity Act pokes a bit of a hole in this patina of security because it allows you to Port a Landline number to a Cell Phone: REF:
http://www.law.duke.edu/journals/dltr/articles/2004dltr0006.html
The Technology Wave is about to expand exponentially:
a new technology is spreading called "Voice over Internet Protocol" (VoIP). This technology will poke a much bigger hole in our sense of Security here in CV. These calls consist of digitized voice routed over the INTERNET, and there are no dedicated number blocks uniquely associated with VoIP. In fact, when you subscribe to a VoIP service, you may use your existing Florida local Plain Old Telephone System (POTS) number, and it is not subject to being readily detected as a VoIP number, nor is any other VoIP number that you may be assigned.
So; if you subscribe to a VoIp service which is National in coverage, a Unit Owner with such a service could call in a guest via their VoIP service from anywhere in the country.
The AGES would not know the difference nor can UCO look up the VoIP number when the Unit Owner registers it for the Call in system; it will look like any other Landline Telephone Number.
Dave Israel
10 comments:
David leave it to you to
know the ins and outs re
the calling in a guest
vs landline or cell phone.
I am sure you have a
solution to solve this
problem that we the honest
people of CV would
appreciate if you can
implement it.
Thank You...Thank You.
Dave a few comments ago I stated I am not smarter than a 5th grader,
so to put it as usual when it comes to this I am LOST in SPACE.
If in the future? there comes a time to save on one method of communication you will let us know!
BEST WISHES TO ALL THIS HOLIDAY SEASON*************************
i use vonage for my phone been using them for 4 years now and it has worked 100% of the time
Anonymous, you gave an ans. (1) what is vonage? how does it work?
If you can be more explicit and give us more info, if you don't wish to find , I am confident (1) of the BLOGGERS will give us info if we don't see it from you?
giacomo, see ads for vonage on TV and newspaper, vonage info is everywhere, search on line, vonage wants you.
Hi Giacomo
Dec 17, 2008 9:30:00 AM,
Sorry, I missed this comment.
VONNAGE is but one of a number of providers of VoIP (Voice over INTERNET Protocol) Telephone service.
The VoIP technology digitizes your voice as you speak (Converts speech to bits). The bits may than be sent across the INTERNET just like Email, or video.
Once you have converted any data; Speech, Text, Video... to binary, the bits may then be transmitted across the Network in a standard way. This is feasable, because all bits look alike.
Dave Israel
I think the time has come for security to allow us to use a registered cell phone number for call-in's.
Please, please have registered cell phones to permit guest access. I have to cancel my land line...just too expensive since I don't use it and no one calls me. Cell phone is cheaper and easier to use.
Why can't Century Village
run the call in the way
several gated communities
do. I have siblings who
reside in gated communities
and they submit a list of
names that they want to be
on their permanent list.
When I go to vist them
I do not have to call any
of my siblings because my
name is on a permanent
list. I think it is an
excellent idea where we
won't have to call in for
every person that is going
to visit us.
What's your feelings
about their system.
Thanks again Dave and to all who communicate in print on this BLOG.
TO ONE AND ALL HEALTH AND HAPPINESS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON*****
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR*****************************!
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