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Old 10-22-2015, 04:32 PM   #35
Undertoad
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FIOS/other new phone service powers old style phones from a battery on your premises. This power used to come from batteries at the central phone office. You can power your wireless phones during outages by connecting a UPS (i.e., a battery) to the base station.

Around here Verizon wants you to pay to replace your battery when it dies. The price is about the same price as a UPS...
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