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As Previously mentioned - In case of major fault or natural disaster
- Telstra's main focus seems to be getting a mobile network
available before restoring landline and internet services (Assuming
mobile network is down too).<br>
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Those who don't require something like medi-alert tend not to have
'unpowered' devices (basic corded phones etc), and in this age of
technology it is not unreasonable to expect even an elderly person
to have a mobile phone if even just for emergencies.<br>
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I haven't personally encountered how a MediAlert system is handled
on the NBN, but that (and B2B alarm systems) are really my own
personal worries about losing copper connections.<br>
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The worst part so far is my grandparents were 'forced' on to NBN by
Telstra (just for phone line). Telstra, instead of using Uni-V, have
been deploying a router with VoIP and a DECT handset using data.
Went and visited them the other day and they said randomly they have
to restart the router to get the phone working again (i.e. the
SIP/IAX registration probably drops). In that time, they have no
idea how many inbound calls they may have missed, and don't know its
broken until they try to make a call out.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 09/09/13 10:20, Noel Butler wrote:<br>
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Dang hit enter too early<br>
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On Mon, 2013-09-09 at 10:15 +1000, Noel Butler wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="CITE"> On Sun, 2013-09-08 at 22:47 +1000, James
Hodgkinson wrote: <br>
<blockquote type="CITE"> I don't know of any houses in my circle
of friends/family that have a "landline" phone that'd last
past the first power outage, with portable phones being the
choice du jour these days... <br>
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So, your landlines die after an hour of power outage now? find
that hard to believe... sniff sniff, yes, troll day appears to
have come early this week..<br>
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and as for portable, how many old folk (70/80+) run around
living on their mobiles. SFA thats how many. <br>
just because the average person and their inner circles here
live on the things, dont assume the rest of the population does
as well.<br>
and the elderly are the MOST and highest "at risk" from this
change.<br>
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Up around where I live, Bribie Island, there is a high proportion
of elderly people, a good summer storm can often see power outages
from an hour to six hours, I really hope none of them gets pains
in the chest after the four hour mark, if a few pass away, might
make for a rather interesting law suite.<br>
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cheers<br>
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