Emergency phone

[NorthernRaider]

Emergency phone
Spandex raised this subject again with me and i thought it worth revisiting.

the original DM article is here

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/a...hours.html


They are now available from places like Amazon.


http://www.amazon.co.uk/Spare-One-Emerge...ency+phone


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[Franc]

In an emergency, odds are the cell towers are going to be down, just stick to landlines, or radios.

ive got to get me that baofeng, can they do packet radio?

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im remembering now, back in the olden days, of analogue cell phones, i had a motorola, i think it was, which ran on either a rechargeable battery pack, or 4 aa battery's, i always wandered why the modern phones gave up on the aa system.

[bigpaul]

(18 May 2013, 12:24)Franc Wrote: In an emergency, odds are the cell towers are going to be down.

yep, happened in America in the Boston bombing, phones wont be much use then will they? better to invest in some homing pigeons instead.

[NorthernRaider]

And of course the towers may be down as they were in London during the Olympics and back on 7/7 when the authorities turned the cell system off.

[iaaems]

It is a lot easier and quicker to turn off the cell phone system than the land line system. Each exchange is independent with regard to power - even if only for a short while. It is a much more 'physical' system than the mobile network.
If one is having a personal emergency and the cell network is up and running then all well and good the above mentioned item will be of great benefit, otherwise you are down to your own provision regarding ham type kit or the 'longer range' personal radio gear used by the security companies.
Better to have something than nothing.

[bigpaul]

(18 May 2013, 16:28)iaaems Wrote: It is a lot easier and quicker to turn off the cell phone system than the land line system. Each exchange is independent with regard to power - even if only for a short while. It is a much more 'physical' system than the mobile network.
If one is having a personal emergency and the cell network is up and running then all well and good the above mentioned item will be of great benefit, otherwise you are down to your own provision regarding ham type kit or the 'longer range' personal radio gear used by the security companies.
Better to have something than nothing.

in an "event" you'll probably find landlines will be reserved for emergency use only and private landlines will be turned off at the telephone exchange.

[iaaems]

Yes, with the computerised controls now in place this would more than likely happen - they do like to be in charge.
Having said that I would think that certain lines would be kept open - if you get my drift.

[bigpaul]

(18 May 2013, 17:57)iaaems Wrote: Yes, with the computerised controls now in place this would more than likely happen - they do like to be in charge.
Having said that I would think that certain lines would be kept open - if you get my drift.

emergency and government ones only I think.

[Spandex228]

Hello all I found the website for the phone in question and have ordered one to use in an emergency, when phone lines are not down from spareone.com thanks for your help again NR