 wifi4milezBig Russ, 1918 to 2008. Rest in Peace
join:2004-08-07
New York, NY | reply to Matt
Re: POTS is necessary said by Matt:You don't need to pay for POTS. 911 service is required to work, even on POTS lines that don't have active service. Actually, even on my fiber (GPON) service, I can plug an analog phone into any outlet and dial 911 also. That is correct, however there are times when you might need to call someone other than 911 during an emergency (family, childs school, etc.). For this reason its good to have the basic dial tone package.
said by Matt:And yes, fiber is MUCH different than VoIP. It's just the transport is similar. My ONT will disable the internet portion and go into a power-saving mode which only allows the phone side to work. I can get 2-3 days of usage out of it. In some cases, fiber may be more reliable than POTS, especially if you have an aerial drop from a pole, whereas fiber is buried. I am not implying that FIOS phone service is "like" VoIP. I am saying that just like VoIP, if there is a power outage you will very quickly be out of luck as FIOS only has a battery backup. Yes I know, they claim it will last up to 2 days but in reality a good old POTS line is MUCH more reliable. Look at what happened with the hurricane in Texas last year, those people had no power for many, many days. Bottom line is that you would need to be nuts to base your survival on a battery backup, so get POTS!
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 MattAll noise, no signal.Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
kudos:12 | said by wifi4milez:Bottom line is that you would need to be nuts to base your survival on a battery backup, so get POTS! Or a simple cell phone. Towers are much easier to replace and repair than COs and individual lines. Especially since cell towers are numerous. See Katrina for a perfect example of how the CO survived, but 750,000 people were without service because the individual lines from those COs were damaged: »www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9120503/
If you do a quick search on Google, folks who suffered through Katrina and the NYC blackout of 2003 said their cell phones worked when POTS didn't: »forums.cnet.com/5208-10152_102-0···D=264693 |
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 Killa200Premium
join:2005-12-02
Southeast TN | reply to wifi4milez
I'd say usually if you are losing power due to something like "the hurricane in Texas last year"... you prob have lost everything else attached to the poles that got taken out too... including pots.
Not every inch of your phone line is buried from the house to your CO, and murphy has a lovely way of playing the cards... |
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 nixenRockin' the BoxenPremium
join:2002-10-04
Alexandria, VA | reply to Matt
Don't even need a hurricane. A sufficiently vigorous thunderstorm, can lead to the same situation (and has, for me). We get plenty of violent thunderstorms around here, each year.
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