Re: OT? : Netherlands to switch 100% to VOIP before 2010

Jan Panteltje wrote:

On a sunny day (Sun, 18 Feb 2007 20:05:44 GMT) it happened nico@xxxxxxxxxxx
(Nico Coesel) wrote in <45d8b130.434339767@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:


Unless they offer something like PoE (power over ethernet) for the VoIP
to analog interface, or to support a minimal number of digital handsets
for emergency use, you are going to need a battery backup.

This is what they did for ISDN. Unfortunately, that doesn't provide
enough power. I have my ISDN phone on a UPS. I guess they assume
everyone has a mobile phone so in case of problems, people can still
make a phone call.

We know how that worked in Louisiana.
The cellphone towers were down, without power themselves.

Same thing happened here (Seattle area) during our little pre-Xmas
windstorm.

I personally have about 12 hours amateur radio battery backup :-)
Or 1 hour at full power worldwide on SW.
Long enough to say 'hello world'.

Or 'Goodbye cruel world'. :-/

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