New Systems - Do you install a seperate analogue line

[dulfo666]

In the past when installing a system I wuld always have the customer install a seperate stand alone analogue line for emergency use. I beleive it was once a legal requiremnet in some countries.

Do people still do this or just rely on cell phones in emergency situations ?

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[trvlr1]

We will often put in Telco analog lines and use them for Fax lines etc, then show the users how to hook up the phone if the system goes down for any reason. This is typically in smaller environments, or those where spending a lot of money to have a few analog extensions does not make sense. Larger installs we will install a handful of POTS lines for alarms, elevators etc and make a descision on a case by case basis to put them through the system or not.

 

[curlycord]

The urgency is to answer inbound calls.
You can loop your lines 1 and 2 (or as many as you want) from Demarc to both the phone system and to a couple jacks at reception desk.
For PRI you can add some analogs to the phone system as well loop to reception this way if PRI or phone system fails your good to go.


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[jrgood0852]

We have a client that has red single line phones under their desks with POT's lines on them so if the phone system goes down they pull them up and use them. They haven't had to yet, put good to know they are there.

 

[Mountainbear]

I have always recommended (and installed) a "power fail" jack somewhere near reception. This is simply a bridge from line one or which ever line they choose. Of course if the phone system or line gets struck by lightning and shorts out line one, this won't help. The other issue I run into is that they are used so infrequently that no one remembers that they have one (or where it is).
Viking has a nice six line unit that will automatically switch to analog phones during a power outage.
Unless you are in a mission critical industry, I think most rely on cell phones.