Yes, we keep a couple of old "2500" telelphones around
the house too...just for this purpose. I have often
wondered why someone does not make a modern cordless
phone with backup 2500 set capability built into the
handset (which would need an RJ-11 jack as well, of
course)?...in a power failure, one would then simply
transfer the phone line from the electronic base into
the handset, using the phone line power plus its internal
battery to power the conversation and the buttons/lights
respectively...or something like that...that doesn't seem
too burdensome, given the existing capabilities of the
handsets anyway...does it?
Cheers,
BobN
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2003 13:36:18 -0700 (PDT)
From: Kireeti Kompella <kireeti(_at_)juniper(_dot_)net>
I was referring to cordless phones - not cel phones
they also die when the power goes out, for some reason some people
do not expect that to be the case
which is why I still have _one_ corded phone, plugged into the power
outlet sometimes referred to as a phone line.