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George

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You can address that but adding your own UPS.

It's not clear to me that you can add a UPS with FIOS. You can do it
with with some of the cable VOIP solutions, where they essentially
give you a kit that has the VOIP hardware and you just plug it in to
AC and coonect to the cable. With FIOS, where is the box located
that converts the traditional phone signal into VOIP? If it's in
some box under Verizon's control, then you may not be able to hook a
UPS to it. Anyone know what Verizon's position is on what happens
when the AC goes out in your neighborhood?

You simply unplug it from the wall outlet and plug it into the UPS.

Plus, a UPS is just another level of complexity and eqpt to worry
about. Like, do you think grandma wants to deal with it?

It isn't much more involved than plugging in a toaster and besides thats
what the grandkids are for.

As I said if it doesn't happen people will be wondering why their
"basic" comcast bill is $250.00/month.

The phone company pretty
much has to do what they are doing and it is a good thing. If they don't
build out fiber and add services the cable companies will take their
core business away because they can offer VoIP over their existing cable
system.

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