That depends. Telco has their own power, most cable companies do not (from my experience). With a large power outage (I've been in several...Ohio-NewYork a couple years back, and recently here in the Washington windstorm) VOIP is out of luck. This is the primary reason I won't use it.
David -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shawn Willden Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 7:04 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Ldsoss] VOIP Service providers ... which one? On Wednesday 09 May 2007 11:16:41 pm Steven H. McCown wrote: > The real problem with VoIP is that it doesn't work when the power goes out. > Neither does 911. Not without a backup power supply, anyway. If this is a concern, youc can buy a UPS and plug the VOIP box and router into it. These devices draw so little power that they'll run for hours on a UPS designed to keep a PC alive for 20 minutes. If you have a laptop, it's also a good idea to plug your WiFi AP into the UPS. That way you'll have Internet access during a power outage. Until your laptop battery gives out, anyway. Shawn. _______________________________________________ Ldsoss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ldsoss.org/mailman/listinfo/ldsoss _______________________________________________ Ldsoss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ldsoss.org/mailman/listinfo/ldsoss
