There is a battery backup but it only lasts for about 12 hours or less. The customer premises equipment - either the FiOS box or cable modem - needs to be powered at all times to work.
#A quiet storm bt 2018 software#
Depending on your provider I've found that ISP software can 'forget' you and claim your number is disconnected. So all the phones work like they used to. The customer premess equipment - FiOS box or cable modem - has a POTS ("Plain Old Telephone Service") connector that interfaces to the house wiring. We've been using VoIP instead of landlines for quite a few years in the US using either fiber of coaxial equipment. >Here's hoping the ONT they choose is a drop-in replacement for the master phone socket Might just be as easy as shoving in cards capable of voice and VDSL. Will be interesting to see if Openreach starts doing POTS from the FTTC cabs (unless they really do get FTTP out to the masses by then). Will get you through most power outages, and if you're desperate you can shove more batteries in to extend life. Likely good enough for most people given the proliferation of cordless phones (and how many people take the advice to keep a cheap corded phone around for emergencies?).
Cheap and nasty altnet operators may provide a data only ONT but Openreach still has to think about essential + legacy services.īoth can be powered off of a battery backup unit that runs off of a set of rechargeable AA (AAA?) batteries. All ports work independently of each other - you could have four internet services and two phone lines running off of it if you liked. Openreach has two versions of ONT - one has four RJ45 ports (data) plus two BT sockets (phone), the other is 1 data, 1 phone.
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