[Ldsoss] VOIP Service providers ... which one?

[David B Heise]

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: ldsoss-bounces at lists.ldsoss.org
[mailto:ldsoss-bounces at lists.ldsoss.org] On Behalf Of Shawn Willden
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 7:04 AM
To: ldsoss at lists.ldsoss.org
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.
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