Paging those who own home telephones of a wireless nature

My corded answering machine has died.

Do cordless phone/answering machines work in either capacity in a power cut?
My cordless phones don't work at all if there's no power and the
destructions say that I should also have a corded phone to use in
electric-less situations.

Si

 

No, they don't. Buy an el-cheapo for a fiver to plug in if you get a power
cut.

Ali

 

Ta.

Si

 

snipsnip

I have the system as described by Alison, but just after I bought the
cheapo plug in one I thought, the mobile would be just as good. So belt
and braces.

Brian

 

Unless they take the mobile networks down or they get overloaded, which is
what happened in London. At least an el-cheapo still works for 999/112.
But yes, mobile is a decent back up.

Ali

 

Put yourself on the (free at BT) 1571 service, and set your
answerphone to cut in on less rings than the 1571.

That way, if the power goes out, you can still get messages, but from
1571 instead of your own machine.

 

Cordless phones rely on a power supply, that's why they don't work in a
power outage. Normal phones don't need a power supply, so they don't care if
your house hasn't got power, only if the supplying company has.


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Beav

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Well, it wasn't so much the answering machine part as the ability to make
calls. I wondered if any of the new cordless answering machines worked off
BT's power.

Si

 

Righto, ta.

Si

 

Oh, yeah.

Good job I got both belts and braces then.

Brian

 

Not enough current. Anyhow, BT don't allow it.

Ali

 

Don't forget the string, it always helps.

Ali

 

Any cans on the end?



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