Recommend cordless phone that will work during power failure?

Posted by RickH on April 28, 2009, 4:40 pm

Can anyone recommend a cordless phone system that will work during a
power failure? I guess the base unit would have to have a battery as
well as the handsets. I checked the Staples and OfficeMax big box
office supply stores, but all their phones fail in a power outage as
none have base-unit batteries.

Frankly I think it should be against the law to sell a cordless phone
that wont work in a power outage, but thats beside the point.

Has anyone seen a base-battery cordless phone system readily available
from the usual big box stores in the US?

Posted by Gordon Shumway on April 28, 2009, 4:50 pm

It is called a "Cellular Telephone."

G.S.

On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:40:31 -0700 (PDT), RickH

>Can anyone recommend a cordless phone system that will work during a
>power failure? I guess the base unit would have to have a battery as
>well as the handsets. I checked the Staples and OfficeMax big box
>office supply stores, but all their phones fail in a power outage as
>none have base-unit batteries.
>Frankly I think it should be against the law to sell a cordless phone
>that wont work in a power outage, but thats beside the point.
>Has anyone seen a base-battery cordless phone system readily available
>from the usual big box stores in the US?

Posted by Kurt Ullman on April 28, 2009, 4:54 pm

> It is called a "Cellular Telephone."
>
> G.S.

I'd have to agree. About the only option would be to connect the
basestation up to an Uninterruptible power supply.

--
"Distracting a politician from governing
is like distracting a bear from eating your baby."

--PJ O'Rourke

Posted by George on April 28, 2009, 5:12 pm

Gordon Shumway wrote:

> It is called a "Cellular Telephone."
>
> G.S.
>

Maybe, but it totally depends on what carrier it is on. VZW is totally
anal about having large amounts of battery and generators for almost all
of their stuff. The other carriers have minimal battery and a few
trailer mounted generators that may have to cover a few states. Lots of
folks just assume that it will work because they have never seen "behind
the curtains". I don't work for any of the carriers but I have friends
who do and there is an amazing difference between the carriers.

Posted by Tony Hwang on April 28, 2009, 8:56 pm

George wrote:

> Gordon Shumway wrote:

>> It is called a "Cellular Telephone."
>> G.S.

> Maybe, but it totally depends on what carrier it is on. VZW is totally
> anal about having large amounts of battery and generators for almost all
> of their stuff. The other carriers have minimal battery and a few
> trailer mounted generators that may have to cover a few states. Lots of
> folks just assume that it will work because they have never seen "behind
> the curtains". I don't work for any of the carriers but I have friends
> who do and there is an amazing difference between the carriers.

Hi,
It's not carrier dependent. It's cordless pgone itself. When power fails
wall wart does not work which inturn cordless base d

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