The hour of use would have been from the UPS, after that ran out the VoIP would die, I guess. -- dkm At 8/17/2012 11:41 AM Friday, Troy Murray wrote: >They said VoIP and that they had an hour of use, dunno, maybe Nick >can enlighten us. There was another MSU person there from IT >Services that might have more of the story. > > > >On Aug 17, 2012, at 11:39 AM, David McFarlane <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > At 8/17/2012 11:26 AM Friday, Troy D Murray wrote: > >> * The phones were VoIP, so those would function for 1 hour on > some backup system before they'd go off-line (I didn't understand > this and they didn't elaborate). > > Just a guess, doesn't VOIP require internet and a working power > supply? By contrast, POTS (analog) supplies power from its own separate grid. > > > > -- dkm