I get digital phone service through my cable tv provider. When power goes out, our phone doesn't work. Will this phone REALLY work if power goes
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No the phone will not work. Any phone that has to be plugged into an electrical outlet will go out when the power does. I have a special phone for power outages. It only hooks into the phone outlet. No electrical power is involved. But I have Verizon- not a cable company.
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This phone will not work with a power outage with your cable company or if you had an AT&T landline connection, either. The base transmits to the phone using electricity, so if there is no electricity, it can not transmit. The only phone that might work with a power outage is an old-style cord phone - such as what we had years ago.
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This phone will not work with a power outage with your cable company or if you had an AT&T; landline connection, either. The base transmits to the phone using electricity, so if there is no electricity, it can not transmit. The only phone that might work with a power outage is an old-style cord phone - such as what we had years ago.
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Hi Christa! Yes, with a power outage this would go out, because it is plugged into the wall. I, personally, keep it plugged in to a socket that has its own switch to turn it on off. I always keep it on, so if the power goes out (as it has in my house), when the power comes back on, as long as it is still plugged back in, it comes right back on by itself! Hope that answers your question! :)
57126
No that I'm aware, when you Internet connection dies is because a problem with the server. The back up unit can maintain power in case of a blackout only.
1112444
Anytime you lose power to router your phone won't work. But that is true with almost all land line unless you have battery backup. If you have laptop you can always call 911 from lap top or ipad or cell phone. This basic talk works great. Better than voicp I had thru cable co. and a lot less expensive. Hope this helps
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Yes. If the power goes off, the phone would still be powered by the by the phone line. What most people don't know is there's actually power on the phone line. As long as your phone line works, the phone will work
995998
The base phone is the one with the cord and yes it will work if the power is out the digital part will my but the phone line will still work
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Their are many direct access numbers that take you to the sub menu choices. They all start with #. Look in the manual for details.Can you explain how the phone will work in a power outage? Does it draw power from the phone line? Also, what will happen to the stored greeting & messages if power goes out? I don't want to test it as setup took a while & don't want to rerecord message.Thanks
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Only works if the power is on for voip/vonage type phone service. Traditional land line phone service is powered through the phone company and would still work during a power outage.
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The phone will not work without power. Even if power was available, the phone will disconnect when you switch from the hand unit to the speaker phone. Stay away from it! It's junk.
1816683
Fact of the matter is you don't even have to plug it in and the phone itself will be protected from surges so the phone will still work unless the surge circuit has been corrupted. So the phone will work either out or in(only takes a minute to check it),
1393409
This phone need to be plugged in to a phone jack. Sometimes we get a power outage and our phones go dead. This is the reason why we got this phone that goes only to a phone jack. Good phone and we like it
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The box feature lists/confirms that the phone base unit WILL work with just land-line power. The wireless handset will not work, and most base unit extra features also will not work (eg caller ID). As long as the land line phone company lines are working, the base unit will let you make and receive calls during a power outage. it's one of the reasons we were glad to buy this since it means we won't have to change the phone out to a trimline etc in a power-off situation.
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This is not mentioned in manual.By experiment, the phone book survives power failure. I have no idea whether it is stored in the base station or one or morte handsets. The manual says base station ahndset works during power failure.Larry
1112446
Most plug in phones use power, especially if they have a base station and a handset. I always plug my phone, router, modem and now the basic talk box into a battery backup and haven't lost service in years. However, if the internet goes down (rarely happens) then you will loose your phone.
1336907
I think that this phone plugs into a regular phone jack. It should work without AC electric power.
1046259
Without power, the master/wall unit will function as a phone but won't support the wireless part of it. So yes, you have to plug the base in but also yes, you can still make phone calls during a power outage but only with the base unit.
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no, because it requires a wifi signal. If you want something when the power goes out, I would recomend a mifi from your wireless company.