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Ruby the Liberal

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4. When I had phone service through the cable company, I had one.

Reply to graham4anything (Original post)

Sun Oct 28, 2012, 10:54 PM

Oct 2012

It had a built in battery that was supposed to last for 45 minutes if the power went out - so I could use the phone. I don't know if it also worked for the internet though. If you have cable - you can call them and ask. May be able to stop into their office and pick one up in the morning (noting, they did charge me $7/month rent to use their modem).

Another option is to get a cellular stick/modem from a cellular provider. I have one from T-Mobile that works really great. It uses a 4G cell connection as opposed to WiFi. Expensive to use, but if the power goes out, it will be a life saver.

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Hurricane Sandy-electric co. says possible outages 4-7 or 10 days for some [View all] graham4anything Oct 2012 OP

I'm sorry, Graham. Lefta Dissenter Oct 2012 #1

Take it all seriously and hang in there. Good luck. nolabear Oct 2012 #2

Sometimes cable modems or cordless phones have batteries for backup power. gkhouston Oct 2012 #3

When I had phone service through the cable company, I had one. Ruby the Liberal Oct 2012 #4

you are lucky dhol82 Oct 2012 #5

trees are a problem here too and a week's blackout will put it into election day graham4anything Oct 2012 #6

advantage of living in a rural area, we often get cut off for days a t a time and lose power loli phabay Oct 2012 #7

re:generators graham4anything Oct 2012 #8

i got a propane fueled one that automatically comes on loli phabay Oct 2012 #10

what electric company is this? TorchTheWitch Oct 2012 #9

NJ graham4anything Oct 2012 #11