[Boatanchors] Short Wave Broadcast Folks:

[J. Forster]

If they are really only good for 8 hours, sooner, rather than later, there
are going to be incidents of some senior freezing to death in a power
outage, being unable to call for help.

I hope the phone companies get hit for zillions. Deservedly so, IMO.

YMMV,

-John

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> It's fine with me!
>
> I have one of those Jump Start packs.
>
> The battery they have is an 8 AH.  My jump start pack has a pair of 18AH
> cells.
>
> I can keep it alive for a fair bit.
>
> I've got other packs also.  The installer also left me an extra battery.
>
> Bob - N0DGN
>
> On 4/16/2014 12:41 PM, J. Forster wrote:
>> Boy, that's useful! NOT !!
>>
>> The last big storm we had took out the power for 5-6 days. And w/ 2 feet
>> of snow on the ground, one cannot exactly walk very far for help.
>>
>> I hope someone really sues them, big time.
>>
>> -John
>>
>> ===============
>>
>>
>>
>>> I just went through having been taken off POTS.
>>>
>>> It isn't correct to say that if the power goes out that you lose
>>> signal!
>>>
>>> When the fiber optic was installed, it also comes with a float charger
>>> and a battery that will last for about 8 hours.
>>>
>>> Bob - N0DGN
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 4/16/2014 12:22 PM, Rob Atkinson wrote:
>>>> They ARE getting rid of them. AT&T has made no secret of their long
>>>> term goal to eliminate POTS. They want everyone on Uverse or whatever
>>>> the internet phone system is, and they are pursuing that goal state by
>>>> state with lobbying to change laws. It is only a matter of time before
>>>> you will get a letter offering options and POTS won't be one of them.
>>>> You may have a few years but eventually anyone still on the copper
>>>> line will be forced to give it up. They say it is cost and economics
>>>> but what they don't say is that the regulations governing the
>>>> provision of phone service are MUCH stricter and favorable to
>>>> consumers with POTS. And of course they don't say that when your power
>>>> goes off, the good old twisted pair still works, if you have an old
>>>> style phone, whereas that gee whiz new digital internet phone will
>>>> not. 73 Rob K5UJ
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