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Historically where I live, power outages wouldn't affect the copper telephone network. At least not for reasonable durations cuts. I don't have an analog phone
by NickNameNick 10y ago
Historically where I live, power outages wouldn't affect the copper telephone network. At least not for reasonable durations cuts.
I don't have an analog phone anymore, so I don't know how true that still is, post recent network upgrades.
I have coworkers who used VOIP phones, and who kept their routers and wireless base stations on UPS. I'm not sure if that setup was ever tested in anger.
- sethrin 10y agoLandline phones were powered by the phone company, over the lines. As long as the wires themselves aren't down, the phone company can keep the system working for days without power -- phones themselves don't need much power. DSLAMs do, though.