Re: Definition of Subscriber?

["mikey" <someone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

How does a CS turn off signals coming in? The receivers still have to
process the signal to know whether it's an AC fail or a medical.

<cctvbahamas@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> well i asked again down here, they generally turn off all AC loss
> signals, as well our power goes out every other day anyway. Hurricanes
> just kill everything so it is a different situation.  Our power goes
> out with the first thunder crack, even if it is just a small storm.
>
> I sometimes think, though we have second hand Electric Generators here
> from the 1950''s purchased from some other third world country in south
> america, they must have glass break detectors installed on them, cause
> as soon as you hear thunder, bang goes the electric ... stays off for
> hours a time .. it just sucks bigtime!  I cant keep count  this summer,
> it is just too much :-(
>
> Most CS's down here dont have more than 3000 clients max, so it is not
> that big a deal, but they still turn them off apparently, due to our
> frequent power outages.
>
> If you have 10,000+ clients then certainly you can afford more phones
> and receivers to cover these issues anyway right??
>