[Ohio-talk] infocision

[Marianne Denning]

Kelsey, I would ask my counselor if that is something they could pay
for.  It is a job related expense. The most they can say is "no."

On 2/12/15, Kelsey Nicolay via Ohio-talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>   Hello,
> I have a question for you regarding Infocision.  I currently or
> can
> meet the computer requirements to work at home for Infocision, so
> that's not
> an issue.  However, the problem is going to be the landline
> phone.  My
> parents own a company that already uses two lines, one for the
> phone calls
> and one for faxes.  Therefore, we would need to either add a
> third phone
> line which my dad says is going to be very costly, over $300.  Or
> my parents
> said that they might be willing to switch one of their lines to a
> digital
> phone service if they can get free long distance with a digital
> service.  I
> was doing some research on digital phone services and it appears
> that they
> work through your Internet connection.  Infocision requires the
> phone and
> Internet to be on separate lines which they are now, but if they
> are using a
> digital phone service, is that going to affect me in any way
> considering
> that the phone and Internet cannot be on the same line? I could
> not use the
> digital phone service because it states on their website that
> digital phone
> services are not permitted, so my parents would be the ones who
> would need
> to use the digital service.  Or do you think the state would
> potentially
> pick up some of the cost to drop the third landline to my house
> considering
> this is a work related expense? If you think they might cover
> some of the
> cost, how would I go about submitting a request like this to my
> counselor?
> And another stipulation on the phone line is that the state would
> need to
> use Frontier since we are already established with them as our
> phone service
> provider.
> And there is no other office I can use to work.  My dad has a
> warehouse, but
> the office portion is not available as it is being used as a
> storage unit
> for work items.  Therefore, what do you suggest we do to meet
> both mine and
> my parents' company needs?
> Thank you,
> Kelsey Nicolay
>
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Marianne Denning, TVI, MA
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