Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!killer!vector!nobody From: westmark!dave@rutgers.edu (Dave Levenson) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: cheap & easy circuit backup Message-ID: Date: 27 Jan 89 02:26:26 GMT Sender: chip@vector.UUCP Lines: 24 Approved: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-Submissions-To: telecom@bu-cs.bu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 33, message 6 In article , sybase!calvin!ben@Sun.COM (ben ullrich) writes: ... >we're looking for something that won't be too expensive, since we're something >of a smallish operation (only 16 did's and 16 co trunks) and don't have a lot >of money to dump into something we'll almost never need. > >one idea being kicked around is plain ol cellular phones... The use of cellular portable phones as backups when your CO trunks fail sounds like a good idea. But before you invest in them (approximately $1000 per telephone, and about $30/month per telephone before you make the first call) make sure you have decent radio coverage at your location. A cellular dealer ought to be able to demonstrate his product at your location. Also, be aware that conversations on such phones are public. Eavesdropping on cellular is illegal, but its also easy to do, and widely done, and the law is hard to enforce. -- Dave Levenson Westmark, Inc. The Man in the Mooney Warren, NJ USA {rutgers | att}!westmark!dave