Use landline when there's no network/power

[jaquer]

Just got my OBI110, and I loved how easy and painless it was the set it up for Google Voice.

There is something else I thought I would be able to achieve with it. Part of the reason why I kept my land line is in case there's a power/network outage, I'd still like to be able to fallback on it. Yet whenever I unplug the Obi, the line goes dead. And if I unplug the Ethernet cable to simulate a dead network, I still get a dial tone, but when I dial a number it just tells me there was no service.

Is there a way to accomplish fallback service when there's no power/network? I tried searching, but I'm still trying to learn all the terminology.

[Rick]

Older 110's worked that way.  They removed the capability in newer ones.

[Shale]

To work around this, you could use a splitter adapter plugged into your Line port and do either or both of these things:

• Plug an extra line-only phone into one socket of the adapter.
• During power failure, plug the regular phone into the other socket of the adapter temporarily.

[LeoKing]

I plugged the router, the OBI110's and the base of my cordless phone to a 1500VA UPS so I could use the GV phone through the OBi's for the whole day during power outage.

[jaquer]

Thank you all for your replies. I think removing this functionality was very short sighted, but perhaps there was a technical reason for it.

I still have one phone downstairs hooked up straight to the phone jack, but the backup power seems like a good idea. I just have to test if 911 calls fallback to the phone line when there's no network available.