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