New user question on Verizon POTS telephone line circuits
QBZappy:
Quote from: CoalMinerRetired on July 15, 2012, 08:33:16 pm
Does the dialtone the Obi is putting on the landline go all the way back to the Verizon CO? And if yes to that last point, is there a risk a lightning storm is gonna zap the circuitry in the Obi that puts out the dialtone?
OBi dial tone is only going to be heard by the phones connected to it directly and/or through the house telephone wiring. Verizon CO does not receive dial tone from the box. The Verizon CO connects to the OBi line port. The wiring in the apartment may not be setup for what you want to do. It is not clear to me at this moment. The simplest way to do it would be to get yourself cordless dect phone. For the price I would consider one with builtin voip.
eg: (lots of models to choose from)
http://www.grandstream.com/products/ip-voice-telephony/enterprise-ip-phones/dp715_710
http://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-Warranty-CORDLESS-TELEPHONE-Networking/dp/B004K3601G
MurrayB:
Re: What I learned back then was the local phone cos have very standardized (and well thought) out ways of doing things with physical wiring, as they were fond of saying, engineered to insure call quality, signal levels, and uptime. They took this to the extreme of people thought they were in their own little world. But it all worked, all the time (the three 9s availability, 99.999). Extrapolating from that, I'd have no reason to believe they have gotten any less thorough or exacting in their standards 20 years later, but anything is possible.
Forget all that! That is so far in the past. Ma Bell and her standards are long gone.
I would go the multiple handset cordless Dect phone route. No telling where the existing wires are connected and if they are isolated.
CoalMinerRetired:
> Forget all that! That is so far in the past. Ma Bell and her standards are long gone.
That is not what I wanted to hear. But thanks in any case for the info.
Felix:
Quote from: QBZappy on July 16, 2012, 01:43:21 pm
For the price I would consider one with builtin voip.
eg: (lots of models to choose from)
http://www.grandstream.com/products/ip-voice-telephony/enterprise-ip-phones/dp715_710
http://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-Warranty-CORDLESS-TELEPHONE-Networking/dp/B004K3601G
I don't dispute - SIP DECT phones have many benefits... but "for the price" is a questionable one ;)
Grandstream model that you are linking to is $170 (DP715 base and two DP710 extensions); where as 3-handset Uniden system is $35... 5 times cheaper
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