On Jan 10, 2013, at 11:52 AM, Saku Ytti <s...@ytti.fi> wrote: > On (2013-01-10 11:41 -0500), Randy Whitney wrote: > >> Nothing beats POTS in a broad power outage scenario. Numerous power >> outages have taken down mobile service completely while the POTS >> lines stayed up as it carries its own power by design. > > Is your RS232 Modem POTS powered? > > If POP is powerless, where will be POTS powered RS232 Modem connect to?
Not sure about you, but I've used the ability for a POTS line to either ring or give me a modem tone to determine the power status at the site. - Jared
