Telephones... IP Phones, Wireless, Cordless, etc.

[AC_Hacker]

Originally Posted by jeff5may

...Voip is another part of the internet bundle. Just another service like pandora or iheart radio. If your internet dies, so do they. If the power goes out, so do they. Not the same thing as an old-fashioned land line...

This is only partly true.

I used to run an Internet server at home. I used a UPS with a massive lead acid battery more for surge protection than anything.

One day I came home and all power was off, no lights, no heat, no nothing.

To my delight, my web server was still merrily serving up web pages in the cold dark cellar of the house, by the power of the hulking battery in the UPS.

So, if you have DSL, you have all of the fail-safe aspects of a land line working for you. You just need to supply backup power to the modem, and the IP phone box, that is if you put the phone box ahead of the house router... and also the cordless phone(s) if you have those, too. I have a wired phone first in line, right next to the IP Phone box.

I haven't had any experience with cable and power outages.

On my IP Phone box, and also on the Vonage box, quality of service is provided by the phone box, so it makes sense to put it before the router.

But I really like your Wi-Fi phone idea.

-AC