I agree with the concept of what you wrote, but when I lose power, the
DSL service AND the voice line goes out about 15 minutes later (I have a
backup generator that keeps my house power up). It seems that I am
served by a local repeater that has its own battery backup - one that is
supposed to stay up for 8 hours but only lasts about 15 minutes. So much
for "good old Telco staying up when the power goes out". Still,
considering the years I spent with no cable service and only dial-up, I
am not complaining. Supposedly, FIOS is coming to our area, but I am not
holding my breath.
Mike
db wrote:
Remember that with VOIP if the power goes out... VOIP will tend to go
out too while POTS tends to be the last comm. service standing. And in
times of regional crisis, cellular is typically out too. For a period
after the Seattle and LA earthquakes and 9/11 all cell circuits were
busy. POTS has a dependability advantage not always factored in when
calculating the economics...
For that purpose, I keep a stripped down POTS line as the way to stretch
my cell minutes and to add dependability.
db.
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