What about Acanac?: wasTeksavvy ISP

[James Knott]

Darryl Moore wrote:
>
> Lennart Sorensen wrote:
>    
>> On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 03:51:06PM -0500, Michael Lauzon wrote:
>>      
>>> On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 15:52, Lennart Sorensen
>>> <lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org>  wrote:
>>>        
>>>> I want a phone line that works even during power failures.  I do not
>>>> want VoIP for my main phone.  That means rogers's crappy phone system
>>>> is totally not an option.  Similar for many of the other phone system
>>>> providers.
>>>>
>>>>          
>>> You do know that 'Rogers' crappy phone system' comes with a battery backup?
>>>        
>> Yes.  It lasts up to 5 hours.  That's totally not good enough.  It also
>> uses rogers' cable network, which while generally quite reliable, isn't
>> always reliable.
>>
>>      
> Wow, really? I can only remember one time in the last 20 years there was
> a power failure that a 5 hour backup supply couldn't handle. You must
> live deep in the boonies or something.
>    
Well, there was that one in 2003.  While I had my power back around 8:30 
PM, there were many others that didn't get it back until the next day or 
later.  If you're really worried, however, you can plug the terminal 
into a dedicated UPS for much longer backup.


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