[Boatanchors] Short Wave Broadcast Folks:

[manualman at juno.com]

I agree. I've heard that many cell tower locations now require battery
backups and/or auxiliary generators to keep them alive during power loss.
My cable modem has a backup battery to keep it alive for about 10 hours
in case of power failure. Haven't had a POTS connection to my location
for about 12 years. The remnants of the wire is rotting on the pole. When
hurricane Sandy blew through here, we lost main AC power for a week but I
never lost my cell phone connection. POTS has become the PITS of a dying
service.

Pete, wa2cwa

On Wed, 16 Apr 2014 12:30:56 -0400 rbethman <rbethman at comcast.net>
writes:
> 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