Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 16:19:58 -0800 (PST)
From: Tamar Lindsay <dicconf at yahoo.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: landlines
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

- On Fri, 12/28/12, Barry Newton <bnewton at ashcomp.com> wrote:=0A=0A> Two as=
pects to this:=A0 Verizon provides a backup battery=0A> for the system.=A0 =
It only backs up the phone line, =0A> not the internet.=A0Over time, that b=
attery gets tired,=0A> and eventually needs to be replaced. At your =0A> ex=
pense, $30-$50, depending on where you buy it.=0A=0AAs does any backup batt=
ery, including the one in the=0AUPS that I have connected to the computer. =
 I've had=0Amine replaced twice so far.=0A=0A>=A0An older corded phone that=
 plugs into the wall =0A> and gets its power from the phone connection =0A>=
 *will* work, as long as the Verizon backup =0A> battery holds up--6 hours =
at best.=0A=0AIs that "6 hours" how long the Verizon main =0Asystem has?  M=
y phone doesn't have to plug =0Ainto the electrical system to work.=0AIt is=
 solely powered by the copper phone line, =0Aand so far it works just fine =
when the power =0Agoes out.=0A=0AI don't know what would happen if all of =
=0AVerizon's primary systems lost power, but =0AI think in that situation I=
'd have other =0Athings to worry about.=0A=0A=Tamar