On Thursday, 2 August 2018 23:34:52 UTC+1, Steve Walker wrote:
On 02/08/2018 23:25, Rod Speed wrote:


"Steve Walker" wrote in message
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On 02/08/2018 20:22, Theo wrote:
Steve Walker wrote:
Assuming that both the VOIP phone and router need to be powered to make
calls, how are they getting around this? Especially when a severe
weather event could take power out to isolated houses or whole villages
for days, in conditions where the residents can't travel to get help..

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/consultatio...ions-power-cut

summary
https://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/...gency-services



They seem to be proposing 1 hour backup, but only for those with
pre-exisiting risk due to health problems. That won't be of much use
to someone with a health problem who wakes up one morning and finds
that the power went off 5 hours ago; or for the able bodied who
similarly find that power has been off for some time and they are
isolated due to deep snow - as happened to many people recently!

Sure, but the later dont need to call anyone because
there is nothing anyone can do about that.

It was bad enough that army helicopters were dropping supplies - that's
not going to happen if no-one knows that they are stuck there without
power and quite possibly without heating because of it.

SteveW

Sensible people in remote locations have provision to be without power, telephone and road access.
Not rocket science.