>
>> Landline phones are just so 20th century.
>> For longer outages, a deep cycle
>> battery and inverter keeps our toys powered.
>
>Good point Brian.
>So our last outage was 10 days. How many batteries would I need Ken??
>OOps, never mind. Took out the cell towers too.
>
>Another reason I keep a land line. About 1/3 of the island is covered by
>towers either on nearby islands, the Olympic Peninsula or in Canada. So
>when you dial 911 you don't want to hear, "Where are you located, aey?"
>I happen to know the land line # for the dispatcher so I'll get a local
>person but without the enhanced 911 functions.
>
>A good thing about the remote towers is that during that last big outage
>you could drive to spots with service.
>
My landline went out again this morning, and fortunately I was able to
convince 19CL that it was a temperature-related problem that needed to be
traced down early in the morning. A tech arrived at 0830 and he quickly found
that the gas-filled lightning protection fuses (called "carbons") were at
fault. He replaced them and everything is now working fine.
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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