HeyBub wrote:
George wrote:
LouB wrote:
DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Nov 8, 12:07 am, Bert Byfield wrote:
I've got two land lines, one cable and one traditional phone
company. And I have a telephone that handles two phone lines. Can
I plug the two different types of phone lines into the same
telephone?
Yes, but why?

Would it be cheaper to get a second line from the cable company and
eliminate the TelCo bill?
Some people like regular # for 911 safety.

Lou
Or some need to use 1980 technology acoustic modems to have their
pacemakers checked.

1. Can't an acoustic modem work with a VoIP line?

No, they use ancient signaling methods.


2. In many respects, a cell phone is better for contacting 911 than an
ordinary land-line. A cell phone connection, for example, can't be cut by
the invading goblins.



Depends what carrier you have. What a lot of folks don't realize is that
some carriers are really Mickey Mouse. One of my buddies works in that
industry and I often get to see the equipment and it is interesting to
see how companies choose to operate. One of the carriers has large
battery capacity and backup generators with large fuel tanks on almost
every cell site (some non-critical fill in sites don't have generators)
the other carriers have minimal battery and just a connector to plug in
one of the two or three portable generators they may have to cover a
1,000 square mile area.

We had a recent early snow storm here and there were lots of power
problems because leaves were still on the trees and the snow was heavy
and wet. All of the cell carriers except one dropped off the map within
hours and were still off a day later. And actually the carrier that has
a well designed system runs adds about their network and they are one of
the few ads that aren't hype.