[24482] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: 911 doesn't work, try a FAX
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Clegg)
Sun Jul 4 14:12:41 1999
Date: 4 Jul 1999 18:01:50 -0000
From: "Alan Clegg" <abc@firehouse.net>
To: Derek Balling <dredd@megacity.org>
Cc: Dirk Harms-Merbitz <dirk@power.net>, nanog@merit.edu,
abc@ecto.greenpeas.org
In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 04 Jul 1999 10:11:03 PDT." <4.2.0.58.19990704100935.0099ae10@mail.megacity.org>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
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> I've found, from my experience, they tend to be on analog PORTS on phone
> systems (e.g., they're given a DID in the PBX, but it just comes out on an
> analog port instead of a digital one).
>
> Thus, if the PBX dies, so do most of the fax machines, at least in larger
> companies...
That's why you always use the phone in the elevator. North Carolina
building permits REQUIRE the phone in the elevator to be analog, and
dedicated.
AlanC
