Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete
Originally Posted By: Garak
I always remember that an old fashioned telephone will work in a power outage.
Only if you have one of those old rotary phones. These days, most people have cordless headsets which require power, so unless you have them plugged into a UPS, they won't work either. And if you're going to be using a UPS, then you can plug in your modem, router, and a VOIP box into it as well and they'll work during a power outage.
Some push buttons work as well . Have one right beside me, Works just fine with the voltage on the line .
Originally Posted By: Garak
I always remember that an old fashioned telephone will work in a power outage.
Only if you have one of those old rotary phones. These days, most people have cordless headsets which require power, so unless you have them plugged into a UPS, they won't work either. And if you're going to be using a UPS, then you can plug in your modem, router, and a VOIP box into it as well and they'll work during a power outage.
Some push buttons work as well . Have one right beside me, Works just fine with the voltage on the line .