Subj : Re: whoa... alive and kicking
To   : Retro Guy
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Wed Jun 20 2018 02:38 pm

  Re: Re: whoa... alive and kicking
  By: Retro Guy to Nightfox on Wed Jun 20 2018 01:40 pm

RG> My home phone is voip and on a ups backup, but I know that here at least, 
RG> the cable company is required to provide battery backup for all their 
RG> phone installations. So if you drop 'bell' and go for a cable company 
RG> phone, they at least are meant to work for a while if the power is out.

No longer, it seems. Comcast supplied a new modem with no battery this time. I
had to buy one on eBay.

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