![]() ![]() The smart move seems to be to avoid VoIP but what choice do we have as analog goes away? It's VoIP or some sort of radio and the cellular service is already clogged up and only slightly more dependable. The disclaimer is not going to keep me out of court. Ken can correct me if I am wrong here but if I suggest that a customer invest in anything security related that depends upon VoIP technology knowing in advance that it is likely not going to work properly in an emergency and then it does fail when something bad happens, I will end up spending a lot of expensive time in courts trying to defend my expert advice. If all the stuff I have been using for more than 45 years on my current technology and it's all unsuitable for VoIP technology then VoIP technology is unsuitable for me and if I am going to switch to something then I will switch to something I can have at least a small amount of confidence of successful operation. Or you should keep your "wired" phone service for use in an emergency or for security systems or fax transmissions or other uses unsuitable for VoIP technology. In fact they give a printed notice saying if you need to use your cable phone while the power off to call 911 you should use a "wired" phone at a neighbors house. The cable companies know you can't watch tv when the power is off so they don't bother maintaining the power supplies and they just don't tell their customers that their phone and security systems also don't work when the power fails. All of the cable companies depend on roadside power supply boxes every quarter mile and many of those either have dead batteries or no batteries at all because they have been stolen. However, once the signal leaves the building is where you have your major problems because aside from telephone companies that still provide ADSL service over their analog lines which are powered by their central station batteries nobody else has any dependable source of power. And the statement about 8 hours of standby is mostly wishful thinking because most VoIP has no standby battery at all except inside of the customer's premises to power the ROUTER only and in this area that is either 5 minutes or 15 minutes and in no case is it eight hours. VoIP is worthless crap dreamed up to shift all the operating costs from the analog line providers to anyone else and offers nothing but continuous service calls and headaches for alarm companies and no security for anyone dumb enough to use it. ![]() ![]() John certainly hit the nail on the head in his comment on Ap. Comment on fire alarm communication and back up battery ![]()
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