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Comments on news posted 2006-08-17 11:38:43: This discussion over at Dave Farber's IP Mailing List illuminates the problem with VOIP, namely that extended power outages drain both consumer and remote site batteries, causing headaches. One local stumbles upon a cable tech keeping a phone net.. ..
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Kylemaul
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| The weakest link is the lines. Be the line POTS, Coax, or fiber:
If the line is severed it ain't gonna work!
So what this thread boils down to is who has the most reliable lines. Those that can withstand the most digging errors, windfalls, car crashes, corrosives, etc etc will be the most reliable in the end. The battery issue applies to all of these the same, so isn't really even part of the equation.
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The blog might be for real, but the message quoted is fishy.
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| | stufried
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| Re: Questionable source I am now a pure VOIP user and would be vulnerable during a power outage or a 911. In a 911, I would be screwed but given the fact that I am a frequent commuter to London, I would probably be dead anyway so service won't matter.
Outside of this, the advantage of POTs doesn't seem all that great. We have multiple mobiles in my house and we have automobile chargers. I also own a Blackberry which I was the only way to get a message out duirng 911.
I have a small interuptable power supply. It is nothing that will set the world on fire, but it will get me through summer brownouts or an hour or two without power.
While there is a validity to what you folks say about POTs v VOIP and I might see things differently if I lived in a rural environment, without kids this seems like a minor issue.
I think desk phones will be around for a while, but I suspect that POTs phones will not be. Sorry.
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bs259
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| Telecom's Weak Link: The Battery I read a lot of this thread and a couple of things occurred to me, (1st) thing is that this thread was about how the power goes out and it affects service not who's service we prefer, (2nd) when the power goes out, how is it the phone or cable company's fault, they still get their power for the electrical provider, here in NYC it is con ed, if any of you don't know they had a 2 week outage in parts of NYC that caused problems for telco and cable, when this happened they both supplied temp. power until the system was brought back up. (3rd) all you experts who think that your telephone is working all the time just because you hear a dial tone are completely wrong, dial tone is generated from your house not from the telco central office, the only way you would know for sure if your service was out is if you were on the phone trying to make calls when it was out. | |
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| Re: Telecom's Weak Link: The Battery 'dial tone is generated from your house not from the telco central office'
Whoever told you that was lying. Dial tone is sent from the OE when your phone is picked up off the hook. It's there as a signal to you that the switch is waiting for you to dial a number. If you have dial tone you have a line to the switch. Though you can still have a good line to the switch and not get dial tone (very uncommon). | |
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