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Newer alarms often have cellular modems and enough battery to make the call even if you cut the power.
by jgowdy 9y ago
Newer alarms often have cellular modems and enough battery to make the call even if you cut the power.
- gumby 9y agoIn a crisis, the wired phone network, even with a neighborhood concentrator, is more likely to stay up than the cellular network. Of course, in a crisis, I may not get a response to the alarm.
- twothamendment 9y agoTrue, but it sounds like rural homes are the ones at risk of losing copper. They are the same homes that done have reliable cell service. I don't have reliable cell service at home. It is ok some days, but I bet there is only one tower and some days it just disappears.