Subj : Re: whoa... alive and kicking
To   : Nightfox
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Tue Jun 19 2018 02:32 pm

 Re: Re: whoa... alive and kicking
 By: Nightfox to Vk3jed on Tue Jun 19 2018 09:50 am

Ni> For the end user, I wonder if it still works like a regular phone line. One
Ni> of the advantages of a land line phone was that it would still work even if
Ni> your house lost power, so you could call emergency services or family if
Ni> you needed to. I wonder if the VoIP lines work the same way. But of course,
Ni> many people here have cell phones instead of a land line. A cell phone can
Ni> still work in an emergency as long as its battery has a charge and it has a
Ni> signal..

Most voip/cable modems have the capability to support a backup battery. I have
a plain old touch-tone desk phone that I plug in when the power goes out.

I'm going to re-arrange things and put the cable modem and the BBS on the same
UPS, so I'll have even more backup - and keep the BBS up through outages.

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