[RickH]

Can anyone recommend a cordless phone system that will work during a
power failure? I guess the base unit would have to have a battery as
well as the handsets. I checked the Staples and OfficeMax big box
office supply stores, but all their phones fail in a power outage as
none have base-unit batteries.

Frankly I think it should be against the law to sell a cordless phone
that wont work in a power outage, but thats beside the point.

Has anyone seen a base-battery cordless phone system readily available
from the usual big box stores in the US?

[Gordon Shumway]

It is called a "Cellular Telephone."

G.S.

On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:40:31 -0700 (PDT), RickH
wrote:

Can anyone recommend a cordless phone system that will work during a
power failure? I guess the base unit would have to have a battery as
well as the handsets. I checked the Staples and OfficeMax big box
office supply stores, but all their phones fail in a power outage as
none have base-unit batteries.

Frankly I think it should be against the law to sell a cordless phone
that wont work in a power outage, but thats beside the point.

Has anyone seen a base-battery cordless phone system readily available
from the usual big box stores in the US?

[Kurt Ullman]

In article ,
Gordon Shumway wrote:

It is called a "Cellular Telephone."

G.S.

I'd have to agree. About the only option would be to connect the
basestation up to an Uninterruptible power supply.

--
"Distracting a politician from governing
is like distracting a bear from eating your baby."

--PJ O'Rourke

[EXT]

RickH wrote:
Can anyone recommend a cordless phone system that will work during a
power failure? I guess the base unit would have to have a battery as
well as the handsets. I checked the Staples and OfficeMax big box
office supply stores, but all their phones fail in a power outage as
none have base-unit batteries.

Frankly I think it should be against the law to sell a cordless phone
that wont work in a power outage, but thats beside the point.

Has anyone seen a base-battery cordless phone system readily available
from the usual big box stores in the US?

It is recommended that you always have a hard wired phone available
somewhere in the house for emergencies, as you found, cordless don't work
without power and they also fail frequently. A hard wired phone can be real
cheap to buy but a lifesaver.

[George]

Gordon Shumway wrote:
It is called a "Cellular Telephone."

G.S.

Maybe, but it totally depends on what carrier it is on. VZW is totally
anal about having large amounts of battery and generators for almost all
of their stuff. The other carriers have minimal battery and a few
trailer mounted generators that may have to cover a few states. Lots of
folks just assume that it will work because they have never seen "behind
the curtains". I don't work for any of the carriers but I have friends
who do and there is an amazing difference between the carriers.

[George]

EXT wrote:
RickH wrote:
Can anyone recommend a cordless phone system that will work during a
power failure? I guess the base unit would have to have a battery as
well as the handsets. I checked the Staples and OfficeMax big box
office supply stores, but all their phones fail in a power outage as
none have base-unit batteries.

Frankly I think it should be against the law to sell a cordless phone
that wont work in a power outage, but thats beside the point.

Has anyone seen a base-battery cordless phone system readily available
from the usual big box stores in the US?

It is recommended that you always have a hard wired phone available
somewhere in the house for emergencies, as you found, cordless don't
work without power and they also fail frequently. A hard wired phone can
be real cheap to buy but a lifesaver.

For sure, and it is likely almost everyone has one (or more) in their "I
am going to throw this away someday" junk box that could be left plugged
in to the jack in the bedroom that is never used etc just in case.

[Frank[_13_]]

RickH wrote:
Can anyone recommend a cordless phone system that will work during a
power failure? I guess the base unit would have to have a battery as
well as the handsets. I checked the Staples and OfficeMax big box
office supply stores, but all their phones fail in a power outage as
none have base-unit batteries.

Frankly I think it should be against the law to sell a cordless phone
that wont work in a power outage, but thats beside the point.

Has anyone seen a base-battery cordless phone system readily available
from the usual big box stores in the US?

I've got an old plug in phone for use when power goes out. I suspect my
computers back up batteries could also handle. Cheapest APC units could
probably handle a phone for many hours. Big power outage, I start my
generator.

As other poster pointed out, phone and cable companies have back-up
generators also. One of my EPA friends was looking into these mobile
pollution sources

[Josh[_5_]]

On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:40:31 -0700 (PDT), RickH
wrote:

Can anyone recommend a cordless phone system that will work during a
power failure? I guess the base unit would have to have a battery as
well as the handsets. I checked the Staples and OfficeMax big box
office supply stores, but all their phones fail in a power outage as
none have base-unit batteries.

Frankly I think it should be against the law to sell a cordless phone
that wont work in a power outage, but thats beside the point.

Has anyone seen a base-battery cordless phone system readily available
from the usual big box stores in the US?

Something like this might be available for other brands:

http://www.zalmar.com/detail-Communi...-KX_TCA200.htm

I had both Sony and Vtech phones 10+ years ago that had a slot in the
base to charge an extra battery, primarily for use in the handset, but
it also served as a backup for the base station. I don't know if any
current models have such a slot -- a combination of better battery
life and cheap multi-handset packages (just pick up the other one when
the first dies). And even if it's there, you'd have to check whether
it provides backup power for the base station.

Josh

[Tony Hwang]

George wrote:
Gordon Shumway wrote:
It is called a "Cellular Telephone."

G.S.

Maybe, but it totally depends on what carrier it is on. VZW is totally
anal about having large amounts of battery and generators for almost all
of their stuff. The other carriers have minimal battery and a few
trailer mounted generators that may have to cover a few states. Lots of
folks just assume that it will work because they have never seen "behind
the curtains". I don't work for any of the carriers but I have friends
who do and there is an amazing difference between the carriers.
Hi,
It's not carrier dependent. It's cordless pgone itself. When power fails
wall wart does not work which inturn cordless base d

[Bob M.]

"RickH" wrote in message
...
Can anyone recommend a cordless phone system that will work during a
power failure? I guess the base unit would have to have a battery as
well as the handsets. I checked the Staples and OfficeMax big box
office supply stores, but all their phones fail in a power outage as
none have base-unit batteries.

Frankly I think it should be against the law to sell a cordless phone
that wont work in a power outage, but thats beside the point.

Has anyone seen a base-battery cordless phone system readily available
from the usual big box stores in the US?



Why does it have to be cordless? You can have one $10 corded phone in the
basement that rarely gets used, but will work when the power goes out.

[Reed]

RickH wrote:
Can anyone recommend a cordless phone system that will work during a
power failure? I guess the base unit would have to have a battery as
well as the handsets. I checked the Staples and OfficeMax big box
office supply stores, but all their phones fail in a power outage as
none have base-unit batteries.

Frankly I think it should be against the law to sell a cordless phone
that wont work in a power outage, but thats beside the point.

Has anyone seen a base-battery cordless phone system readily available
from the usual big box stores in the US?

A little work with Google found this model that claims "battery backup
for power failure"

http://www.amazon.com/EP5995-Expanda.../dp/B000FCA0K8

[Steve Barker[_5_]]

RickH wrote:
Can anyone recommend a cordless phone system that will work during a
power failure? I guess the base unit would have to have a battery as
well as the handsets. I checked the Staples and OfficeMax big box
office supply stores, but all their phones fail in a power outage as
none have base-unit batteries.

Frankly I think it should be against the law to sell a cordless phone
that wont work in a power outage, but thats beside the point.

Has anyone seen a base-battery cordless phone system readily available
from the usual big box stores in the US?


why is this so important? Just go to the wired phone if you MUST yak in
the dark.

[JIMMIE]

On Apr 28, 4:40*pm, RickH wrote:
Can anyone recommend a cordless phone system that will work during a
power failure? *I guess the base unit would have to have a battery as
well as the handsets. *I checked the Staples and OfficeMax big box
office supply stores, but all their phones fail in a power outage as
none have base-unit batteries.

Frankly I think it should be against the law to sell a cordless phone
that wont work in a power outage, but thats beside the point.

Has anyone seen a base-battery cordless phone system readily available
from the usual big box stores in the US?

A lot of cordless base have a plug in for a wired phone. Once I had
one that you could plug a battery into but thought that was a little
silly.

Jimmie

[Smitty Two]

In article ,
Tony Hwang wrote:

George wrote:
Gordon Shumway wrote:
It is called a "Cellular Telephone."

G.S.

Maybe, but it totally depends on what carrier it is on. VZW is totally
anal about having large amounts of battery and generators for almost all
of their stuff. The other carriers have minimal battery and a few
trailer mounted generators that may have to cover a few states. Lots of
folks just assume that it will work because they have never seen "behind
the curtains". I don't work for any of the carriers but I have friends
who do and there is an amazing difference between the carriers.
Hi,
It's not carrier dependent. It's cordless pgone itself. When power fails
wall wart does not work which inturn cordless base d

What, did you pass out on your keyboard, Tony? I really have to ask,
what is your native language, and how long have you been learning
English?

Anyway, since you didn't notice, this sub-thread drifted over to CELL
phones.

[Smitty Two]

In article ,
Reed wrote:

RickH wrote:
Can anyone recommend a cordless phone system that will work during a
power failure? I guess the base unit would have to have a battery as
well as the handsets. I checked the Staples and OfficeMax big box
office supply stores, but all their phones fail in a power outage as
none have base-unit batteries.

Frankly I think it should be against the law to sell a cordless phone
that wont work in a power outage, but thats beside the point.

Has anyone seen a base-battery cordless phone system readily available
from the usual big box stores in the US?

A little work with Google found this model that claims "battery backup
for power failure"

http://www.amazon.com/EP5995-Expanda.../dp/B000FCA0K8

yabbit, I think that's just a memory back-up that keeps your clock set
and your messages intact for when the power is restored.

[LouB]

RickH wrote:
Can anyone recommend a cordless phone system that will work during a
power failure? I guess the base unit would have to have a battery as
well as the handsets. I checked the Staples and OfficeMax big box
office supply stores, but all their phones fail in a power outage as
none have base-unit batteries.

Frankly I think it should be against the law to sell a cordless phone
that wont work in a power outage, but thats beside the point.

Has anyone seen a base-battery cordless phone system readily available
from the usual big box stores in the US?

Get a UPS. A decent sized one should be able to run a phone setup for
days since they are made to power computer systems.

Lou

[N8N]

On Apr 28, 4:40*pm, RickH wrote:
Can anyone recommend a cordless phone system that will work during a
power failure? *I guess the base unit would have to have a battery as
well as the handsets. *I checked the Staples and OfficeMax big box
office supply stores, but all their phones fail in a power outage as
none have base-unit batteries.

Frankly I think it should be against the law to sell a cordless phone
that wont work in a power outage, but thats beside the point.

Has anyone seen a base-battery cordless phone system readily available
from the usual big box stores in the US?

Of more concern to me is that there doesn't seem to be any
commercially available alarm clock that works when the power is out.
Battery powered alarm clocks don't seem to have a loud enough alarm to
reliably get the job done, and most (all?) AC powered ones only back
up the timekeeping function with AC power loss, they won't actually
set off the alarm.

I do have a gas water heater, so so long as I actually wake up in the
morning, I can get ready for work without AC power...

nate

[RickH]

On Apr 28, 3:55*pm, "EXT" wrote:
RickH wrote:
Can anyone recommend a cordless phone system that will work during a
power failure? *I guess the base unit would have to have a battery as
well as the handsets. *I checked the Staples and OfficeMax big box
office supply stores, but all their phones fail in a power outage as
none have base-unit batteries.

Frankly I think it should be against the law to sell a cordless phone
that wont work in a power outage, but thats beside the point.

Has anyone seen a base-battery cordless phone system readily available
from the usual big box stores in the US?

It is recommended that you always have a hard wired phone available
somewhere in the house for emergencies, as you found, cordless don't work
without power and they also fail frequently. A hard wired phone can be real
cheap to buy but a lifesaver.

My wife "has to have" a cordless phones. I do have a wired phone in
the basement. I just thought since I have to replace my old cordless
phones anyway I'd get something that will work for 911 in a power
outage. I dont really care about electronic features, just if it
continues to work without power.

[R. F. Duffer]

RickH wrote:
Can anyone recommend a cordless phone system that will work during a
power failure? I guess the base unit would have to have a battery as
well as the handsets. I checked the Staples and OfficeMax big box
office supply stores, but all their phones fail in a power outage as
none have base-unit batteries.

Frankly I think it should be against the law to sell a cordless phone
that wont work in a power outage, but thats beside the point.

Has anyone seen a base-battery cordless phone system readily available
from the usual big box stores in the US?


I imagine there are a few with battery backups, but you would have to
look around. Try an Internet search. It can find things for you.

Cell phone is one option. Second option is to have a real land-line
telephone that plugs directly into the jack. You can keep this phone
hidden and out of site when you have power. They also come in handy
when your telephone service goes bad and you want to determine if it is
an outside or inside problem by plugging the real land-line telephone
into the network interface box.

[Cindy Hamilton[_2_]]

On Apr 28, 4:40*pm, RickH wrote:

Frankly I think it should be against the law to sell a cordless phone
that wont work in a power outage, but thats beside the point.

You're awfully eager for some level of government to interfere in a
private transaction.

Man up and get an old phone. In a pinch, the handset can be used
to inflict blunt-force trauma on an intruder.

Cindy Hamilton

[DerbyDad03]

On Apr 28, 4:55*pm, "EXT" wrote:
RickH wrote:
Can anyone recommend a cordless phone system that will work during a
power failure? *I guess the base unit would have to have a battery as
well as the handsets. *I checked the Staples and OfficeMax big box
office supply stores, but all their phones fail in a power outage as
none have base-unit batteries.

Frankly I think it should be against the law to sell a cordless phone
that wont work in a power outage, but thats beside the point.

Has anyone seen a base-battery cordless phone system readily available
from the usual big box stores in the US?

It is recommended that you always have a hard wired phone available
somewhere in the house for emergencies, as you found, cordless don't work
without power and they also fail frequently. A hard wired phone can be real
cheap to buy but a lifesaver.

What good is a wired phone if the cable co's modem goes dead when the
power goes out?

A cell phone and a car charger is my backup.

[aemeijers]

Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On Apr 28, 4:40 pm, RickH wrote:

Frankly I think it should be against the law to sell a cordless phone
that wont work in a power outage, but thats beside the point.

You're awfully eager for some level of government to interfere in a
private transaction.

Man up and get an old phone. In a pinch, the handset can be used
to inflict blunt-force trauma on an intruder.

Cindy Hamilton

I agree. Garage sale season is starting, there should still be a few
real Ma Bell phones floating around out there. Personally, I hate
cordless phones, and would never pay money for one. I have enough
vintage phones in a crate downstairs to last longer than I will, so no
way will I buy something that will last 5 years if I am lucky. I have a
real phone in every room but the can.

--
aem sends...

[Reed]

Smitty Two wrote:
In article ,
Reed wrote:

RickH wrote:
Can anyone recommend a cordless phone system that will work during a
power failure? I guess the base unit would have to have a battery as
well as the handsets. I checked the Staples and OfficeMax big box
office supply stores, but all their phones fail in a power outage as
none have base-unit batteries.

Frankly I think it should be against the law to sell a cordless phone
that wont work in a power outage, but thats beside the point.

Has anyone seen a base-battery cordless phone system readily available
from the usual big box stores in the US?

A little work with Google found this model that claims "battery backup
for power failure"

http://www.amazon.com/EP5995-Expanda.../dp/B000FCA0K8

yabbit, I think that's just a memory back-up that keeps your clock set
and your messages intact for when the power is restored.


from the user manual at:
http://telephones.att.com/docMgt/pub...manual__r2.pdf

"In the event of a power failure, the charged battery pack in the base
will allow you to make and receive calls from the cordless handset for
up to three hours."

Sadly, it is a "special" battery pack

[Smitty Two]

In article ,
Reed wrote:

Smitty Two wrote:
In article ,
Reed wrote:

RickH wrote:
Can anyone recommend a cordless phone system that will work during a
power failure? I guess the base unit would have to have a battery as
well as the handsets. I checked the Staples and OfficeMax big box
office supply stores, but all their phones fail in a power outage as
none have base-unit batteries.

Frankly I think it should be against the law to sell a cordless phone
that wont work in a power outage, but thats beside the point.

Has anyone seen a base-battery cordless phone system readily available
from the usual big box stores in the US?

A little work with Google found this model that claims "battery backup
for power failure"

http://www.amazon.com/EP5995-Expanda...e/dp/B000FCA0K
8

yabbit, I think that's just a memory back-up that keeps your clock set
and your messages intact for when the power is restored.


from the user manual at:
http://telephones.att.com/docMgt/pub...manual__r2.pdf

"In the event of a power failure, the charged battery pack in the base
will allow you to make and receive calls from the cordless handset for
up to three hours."

Sadly, it is a "special" battery pack

Wow. Seems like they ought to put more effort into promoting that
feature, given how rare it is.

There you go, RickH. As long as insert your electric utility here can
fix the blackout in 3 hrs. or less, you're golden. But I'm with several
others here in advocating a non-cordless model stashed with your
emergency supply of candles and Dinty Moore Beef Stew.

[Jim Rusling]

RickH wrote:

snip
My wife "has to have" a cordless phones. I do have a wired phone in
the basement. I just thought since I have to replace my old cordless
phones anyway I'd get something that will work for 911 in a power
outage. I dont really care about electronic features, just if it
continues to work without power.

I have an older Vtech that has a battery in the base unit. The main
problem is that it only last about 3 or 4 hours. I just have the base
unit plugged into the UPS that supports my computers. The UPS will
last a long time if I turn the computers off. If you need one that
will work longer than that, you can use a deep cycle battery with an
inverter, or just get a generator.
--
Jim Rusling
More or Less Retired
Mustang, OK
http://www.rusling.org

[Josh[_5_]]

On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 05:34:50 -0700 (PDT), N8N
wrote:

On Apr 28, 4:40*pm, RickH wrote:
Can anyone recommend a cordless phone system that will work during a
power failure? *I guess the base unit would have to have a battery as
well as the handsets. *I checked the Staples and OfficeMax big box
office supply stores, but all their phones fail in a power outage as
none have base-unit batteries.

Frankly I think it should be against the law to sell a cordless phone
that wont work in a power outage, but thats beside the point.

Has anyone seen a base-battery cordless phone system readily available
from the usual big box stores in the US?

Of more concern to me is that there doesn't seem to be any
commercially available alarm clock that works when the power is out.
Battery powered alarm clocks don't seem to have a loud enough alarm to
reliably get the job done, and most (all?) AC powered ones only back
up the timekeeping function with AC power loss, they won't actually
set off the alarm.

You might want to try it -- All of the cheapo clocks I've had will
sound the alarm at the designated time if the power's out and it was
set beforehand. The display is usually dark, but it will sound. My
current cheap clock radio actually shows the time (without backlight)
and lets me turn the radio on/off on battery only, but not all do
that.


I do have a gas water heater, so so long as I actually wake up in the
morning, I can get ready for work without AC power...

nate

[sanity]

"Reed" wrote in message
...
Smitty Two wrote:
In article ,
Reed wrote:

RickH wrote:
Can anyone recommend a cordless phone system that will work during a
power failure? I guess the base unit would have to have a battery as
well as the handsets. I checked the Staples and OfficeMax big box
office supply stores, but all their phones fail in a power outage as
none have base-unit batteries.

Frankly I think it should be against the law to sell a cordless phone
that wont work in a power outage, but thats beside the point.

Has anyone seen a base-battery cordless phone system readily available
from the usual big box stores in the US?

A little work with Google found this model that claims "battery backup
for power failure"

http://www.amazon.com/EP5995-Expanda.../dp/B000FCA0K8

yabbit, I think that's just a memory back-up that keeps your clock set
and your messages intact for when the power is restored.


from the user manual at:
http://telephones.att.com/docMgt/pub...manual__r2.pdf

"In the event of a power failure, the charged battery pack in the base
will allow you to make and receive calls from the cordless handset for up
to three hours."

Sadly, it is a "special" battery pack


A new invention, just for the purpose of power failures:

http://www.amazon.com/Corded-Trimlin...4931&s r=1-16

[AZ Nomad[_2_]]

On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:40:31 -0700 (PDT), RickH wrote:
Can anyone recommend a cordless phone system that will work during a
power failure? I guess the base unit would have to have a battery as
well as the handsets. I checked the Staples and OfficeMax big box
office supply stores, but all their phones fail in a power outage as
none have base-unit batteries.

Frankly I think it should be against the law to sell a cordless phone
that wont work in a power outage, but thats beside the point.

Has anyone seen a base-battery cordless phone system readily available
from the usual big box stores in the US?

How often do you have power failures? Is the convenience of not having a cord
all that important during a power failure? Get a cheap corded phone and only
install it when needed. Baring that, get a UPS.

I use phone service from the cable company and am switching to VOIP. Neither
will work during any power failure. During a power failure, I have my cell
phone.

[N8N]

On Apr 30, 9:54*am, AZ Nomad wrote:
On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:40:31 -0700 (PDT), RickH wrote:
Can anyone recommend a cordless phone system that will work during a
power failure? *I guess the base unit would have to have a battery as
well as the handsets. *I checked the Staples and OfficeMax big box
office supply stores, but all their phones fail in a power outage as
none have base-unit batteries.
Frankly I think it should be against the law to sell a cordless phone
that wont work in a power outage, but thats beside the point.
Has anyone seen a base-battery cordless phone system readily available
from the usual big box stores in the US?

How often do you have power failures? *Is the convenience of not having a cord
all that important during a power failure? *Get a cheap corded phone and only
install it when needed. *Baring that, get a UPS.

I use phone service from the cable company and am switching to VOIP. *Neither
will work during any power failure. *During a power failure, I have my cell
phone.

Sure they will, just put your cable modem and whatever equipment is
provided for the VOIP onto a UPS. I don't have phone service at all
but I do leave my cable modem on a UPS, saves me having to wait 2-3
minutes to reconnect when the power momentarily drops out while I'm
web surfing. (my puter is a laptop, SWMBO's is also on a UPS.)

If I *had* another UPS I would put it on my cable box so that it
wouldn't have to re-download the whole program guide after a momentary
power failure, but I a) don't have one and b) don't care enough about
TV to spend money on one.

Apropos of this thread, I did have a short power failure around 7:15
this AM, so I'm getting a kick, yadda yadda yadda.

nate

[Smitty Two]

In article ,
wrote:

my Western
Electric phones will be OK after the nuclear holocaust.

That's good to know. At least you'll still be able to order pizza.

[DerbyDad03]

On Apr 30, 12:25*pm, Smitty Two wrote:
In article ,

wrote:
my Western
Electric phones will be OK after the nuclear holocaust.

That's good to know. At least you'll still be able to order pizza.

At least you'll still be able to order pizza

Glowing pizza, but pizza nonetheless.

[N8N]

On Apr 30, 12:13*pm, wrote:
On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:20:00 -0700 (PDT), N8N
wrote:

Sure they will, just put your cable modem and whatever equipment is
provided for the VOIP onto a UPS. *I don't have phone service at all
but I do leave my cable modem on a UPS, saves me having to wait 2-3
minutes to reconnect when the power momentarily drops out while I'm
web surfing. *(my puter is a laptop, SWMBO's is also on a UPS.)

From my experience the cable (Comcast) goes out when the power goes
out and if it is storm related the cable is the last thing *to be
restored. TV may take a day or two, data has been more like a week. I
run a web site hat updates once a minute so I know how often the cable
modem is out, even on a sunny day. That is why I got rid of my cable
modem...
... I have never lost POTS service in a hurricane and my Western
Electric phones will be OK after the nuclear holocaust.
DSL failures are very seldom and of very short durations, based on my
logs.

I have Cox cable and it definitely stays up while the power is out, as
I have successfully checked my email during power failures before.

My last place I was lucky if the POTS worked on a bright sunny day,
forget about bad weather. Hence my lack of POTS at my current place
(same company, V*****n.)

nate

[RickH]

On Apr 30, 11:13*am, wrote:
On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:20:00 -0700 (PDT), N8N
wrote:

Sure they will, just put your cable modem and whatever equipment is
provided for the VOIP onto a UPS. *I don't have phone service at all
but I do leave my cable modem on a UPS, saves me having to wait 2-3
minutes to reconnect when the power momentarily drops out while I'm
web surfing. *(my puter is a laptop, SWMBO's is also on a UPS.)

From my experience the cable (Comcast) goes out when the power goes
out and if it is storm related the cable is the last thing *to be
restored. TV may take a day or two, data has been more like a week. I
run a web site hat updates once a minute so I know how often the cable
modem is out, even on a sunny day. That is why I got rid of my cable
modem...
... I have never lost POTS service in a hurricane and my Western
Electric phones will be OK after the nuclear holocaust.
DSL failures are very seldom and of very short durations, based on my
logs.

My Comcast neighborhood infrastructure is their latest version, they
updated the whole town last month, Internet speed is tripled over the
already fast previous speed. We all have business class speed now. I
also verified that I have phone service during a power outage, several
times, by actually experiencing it, the line stays up. All these
crazy posts for a simple question about a phone recommendation are
ridiculous. So what if I want a cordless land-line phone to work
during a power outage? IMO thats not asking much. I HAVE a wired
phone, but I want to replace my cordless units with something with
this simple feature, sheesh.

[George]

DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Apr 28, 4:55 pm, "EXT" wrote:
RickH wrote:
Can anyone recommend a cordless phone system that will work during a
power failure? I guess the base unit would have to have a battery as
well as the handsets. I checked the Staples and OfficeMax big box
office supply stores, but all their phones fail in a power outage as
none have base-unit batteries.
Frankly I think it should be against the law to sell a cordless phone
that wont work in a power outage, but thats beside the point.
Has anyone seen a base-battery cordless phone system readily available
from the usual big box stores in the US?
It is recommended that you always have a hard wired phone available
somewhere in the house for emergencies, as you found, cordless don't work
without power and they also fail frequently. A hard wired phone can be real
cheap to buy but a lifesaver.

What good is a wired phone if the cable co's modem goes dead when the
power goes out?


Traditional phone companies have lots of battery and often a generator
so a POTS line will stay up for a long time. So a wired phone is a good
choice because no local power is needed.


A cell phone and a car charger is my backup.

You might want to read my response further back in this thread about
depending on a cellphone for emergencies.

[Doug Brown]

Of more concern to me is that there doesn't seem to be any
reliably get the job done, and most (all?) AC powered ones only back
up the timekeeping function with AC power loss, they won't actually
set off the alarm.

I do have a gas water heater, so so long as I actually wake up in the
morning, I can get ready for work without AC power...

nate


Or just get one of these - no power required;
http://cnn.cn/shop/fashioned-style-a...en-p-3773.html

[Doug Brown]

My wife "has to have" a cordless phones. I do have a wired phone in
the basement. I just thought since I have to replace my old cordless
phones anyway I'd get something that will work for 911 in a power
outage. I dont really care about electronic features, just if it
continues to work without power.

Then let your wife find what she "has to have"

[DerbyDad03]

On Apr 30, 2:37*pm, George wrote:
DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Apr 28, 4:55 pm, "EXT" wrote:
RickH wrote:
Can anyone recommend a cordless phone system that will work during a
power failure? *I guess the base unit would have to have a battery as
well as the handsets. *I checked the Staples and OfficeMax big box
office supply stores, but all their phones fail in a power outage as
none have base-unit batteries.
Frankly I think it should be against the law to sell a cordless phone
that wont work in a power outage, but thats beside the point.
Has anyone seen a base-battery cordless phone system readily available
from the usual big box stores in the US?
It is recommended that you always have a hard wired phone available
somewhere in the house for emergencies, as you found, cordless don't work
without power and they also fail frequently. A hard wired phone can be real
cheap to buy but a lifesaver.

What good is a wired phone if the cable co's modem goes dead when the
power goes out?

Traditional phone companies have lots of battery and often a generator
so a POTS line will stay up for a long time. So a wired phone is a good
choice because no local power is needed.

A wired phone is only as good as what it is wired to...in my case it's
a cable modem so it won't do me any good if there is no power. I do
have one, and it has helped me determine if my cordless phone set is
the problem or if it's the cable co's equipment - once it was mine,
and once it was theirs. So mine comes in handy when there *is* power,
but won't help if the power goes out.

I do have 12V power supplies and inverters, so I could get the modem
up and running, but I'm not sure how far back into the cable co's
system power would be needed for me to be able to use the phone. I
guess a local outage wouldn't be a problem, but if it was widespread,
I assume that whatever the modem talks to would be down also.


A cell phone and a car charger is my backup.

You might want to read my response further back in this thread about
depending on a cellphone for emergencies

I read it. I'm with VZW, so that's a little comforting.

I live about a block from the local fire house, so I'll drag my
damaged butt over there if I can't reach 911. g

[Worn out Retread]

A wired phone is only as good as what it is wired to...in my case it's
a cable modem so it won't do me any good if there is no power. I do
have one, and it has helped me determine if my cordless phone set is
the problem or if it's the cable co's equipment - once it was mine,
and once it was theirs. So mine comes in handy when there *is* power,
but won't help if the power goes out.

I do have 12V power supplies and inverters, so I could get the modem
up and running, but I'm not sure how far back into the cable co's
system power would be needed for me to be able to use the phone. I
guess a local outage wouldn't be a problem, but if it was widespread,
I assume that whatever the modem talks to would be down also.

As far as I know, if you have telephone over cable and the power goes down,
you're screwed until the power is restored. The same goes for cell phones
(at least in this area) no power, no cell phone. A standard old fashioned
wired phone connected to the telephone company over telephone lines will
still operate normally during a power failure.

[aemeijers]

Worn Out Retread wrote:
A wired phone is only as good as what it is wired to...in my case it's
a cable modem so it won't do me any good if there is no power. I do
have one, and it has helped me determine if my cordless phone set is
the problem or if it's the cable co's equipment - once it was mine,
and once it was theirs. So mine comes in handy when there *is* power,
but won't help if the power goes out.

I do have 12V power supplies and inverters, so I could get the modem
up and running, but I'm not sure how far back into the cable co's
system power would be needed for me to be able to use the phone. I
guess a local outage wouldn't be a problem, but if it was widespread,
I assume that whatever the modem talks to would be down also.

As far as I know, if you have telephone over cable and the power goes
down, you're screwed until the power is restored. The same goes for cell
phones (at least in this area) no power, no cell phone. A standard old
fashioned wired phone connected to the telephone company over telephone
lines will still operate normally during a power failure.

One of many reasons I still keep a copper phone line, even though I'd
probably save a few bucks a month with one of those combo deals. My TV,
phone, and (3rd party) DSL all come in on separate pipes. TV is satt
dish, with roof antenna as backup, because it was 2/3 the cost of cable
around here. DSL is on the second pair, since it ain't from Ma Bell.
Dial tone is the cheapest POTS they still sell around here. I have had
dialtone with no DSL, DSL with no dialtone, and of course the satt
service does whatever it wants depending on weather and wind, and how
leafy neighbor's tree gets. Plus, of course, the 8-buck-per-month
prepaid toy cell phone, which is mainly for traveling, and I use maybe
40 minutes a year.

--
aem sends...

[Mark Lloyd]

On Sat, 2 May 2009 09:52:13 -0400, "Worn Out Retread"
wrote:

A wired phone is only as good as what it is wired to...in my case it's
a cable modem so it won't do me any good if there is no power. I do
have one, and it has helped me determine if my cordless phone set is
the problem or if it's the cable co's equipment - once it was mine,
and once it was theirs. So mine comes in handy when there *is* power,
but won't help if the power goes out.

I do have 12V power supplies and inverters, so I could get the modem
up and running, but I'm not sure how far back into the cable co's
system power would be needed for me to be able to use the phone. I
guess a local outage wouldn't be a problem, but if it was widespread,
I assume that whatever the modem talks to would be down also.

As far as I know, if you have telephone over cable and the power goes down,
you're screwed until the power is restored. The same goes for cell phones
(at least in this area) no power, no cell phone. A standard old fashioned
wired phone connected to the telephone company over telephone lines will
still operate normally during a power failure.

Power went out for several days here last September (because of
hurricane Ike). A neighbor down the street has cable phone
(Suddenlink, used to be Cox). That adapter has a backup battery that
was good for all that time, but the phone didn't work after 4 hours (4
hours into the power outage) because the batteries at the cable node
ran out. It was 28 hours more before the cable company put a generator
on the node.

The standard landline phone (Verizon) I have kept working all that
time.
--
Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.us

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