-=> Axel Berger wrote to Deloptes Phones used to work in emergencies. There was a direct wire to the AB> exchange and that was battery buffered. Today an electrity blackout AB> means no phone, no emrgency calls for an ambulance and no fire service AB> in case one of the many candles used topples over. You're cutr off like AB> rural places in the 19th century but unlike them totally inable to cope AB> on your own.
Comcast, my cable provider, offers an internet/telco modem that provides dial tone. There's a spot in the modem to install a small battery backup, but I'm tempted to throw it on a spare desktop UPS and see how long it'll run.
I still have one 2500 set left over from my days as a Phone Guy, keep it near the modem *just in case*.
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