When we had the three hurricanes a couple of years ago, even the land line
went out.  Fiber optics are battery powered and we had to wait for the phone
company to hook up a generator to the phone line.  We lost all communication
for awhile but, the land lines did come back on before the cell phone tower
did.  

Beth t. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cerebral Palsy List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
> On Behalf Of KE Cleveland
> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 8:40 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: vonage or other VOIP telephone service
> 
> +1 to Michael's comment on electricity.  Same goes for 
> cordless phones.
> Keep an old wired phone around the house that will still work 
> on 40V twisted pair phone lines even if the power goes out.  
> Telephone lines are a lot harder to taske out than electrical 
> lines.  Also, if you have a cell phone, make sure you buy a 
> 12V car charger.  You might have cell phone service in a 
> blackout, but it won't do you any good if  the battery's dead :-(
> 
> Sent from Kyle Cleveland's Palm IIIc
> 
> On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 8:33 PM, Michael H. Collis 
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> > No but you don't want to get it.  In the event of an electrical 
> > cutoff, you wouldn't be able to call out, because the 
> internet wouldn't work.
> >
> > ---- Original message ----
> > >Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:16:34 -0700
> > >From: ken barber <[log in to unmask]>
> > >Subject: vonage or other VOIP telephone service
> > >To: [log in to unmask]
> > >
> > >have any of you any experience with these type of phone services?
> > >
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