this is excellent advice. in doing Y2K preparedness tour of US/Asia perhaps the best suggestion we offered was having a standard analog 24 volt telephone (with standard RJ11 jack) working on premises. And sure enough, while there were few Y2K glitches at all, there were NO glitches with the publicly switched telephone network. I may rail at the telcos, but voice service is good indeed. best, gene Laurie Mahaffey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote .. > Recently on PUBLIB, several comments have been made about emergency phone > service. Since many people now have cell phones, this isn't a big issue. > But > in case no one does on your staff, here's another idea. (Just in time for > all these rainstorms!). > Laurie > > > Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 13:16:17 -0700 (PDT) > From: "Connie Jo Ozinga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: publib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: emergency closing and telephone service > > >>>Do any of you have a policy that you close the library when you do > not have telephone service? > > You didn't make it clear whether the phone service was out due to a > power outage. > > Power outages knock down our fancy multi-line phone systems. Phone > service is still available though. We all should have a single line > plain old telephone tucked away for these occasions. Plug it into a > phone jack that is a direct line bypass of your phone system, such as a > fax line and it will work fine with no power. This or something like it > should be part of your emergency plan. > > Connie O > > ���`����,��,����`����,��,����`����,��,����`����,��,����`��� > Connie Jo Ozinga, Library Director > Elkhart Public Library Elkhart, Indiana > http://www.elkhart.lib.in.us > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ���`�����`����,��,����`����,��,����`����,��,����`����,�� > > > Laurie Mahaffey, Adult Services Consultant > Central Texas Library System > P. O. Box 2287 > Austin TX 78768-2287 > 512-974-7517 (please note new exchange!) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, send to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Include in body: unsubscribe ctls-l > > For information on CTLS-L please visit: > http://www.ctls.net/document/ctls-l.htm
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