>   I am supportive of the asterisk, but I have some concern, though the 
> concern also applies to traditional pbx as well. Hope someone can shine some 
> light into it. Thanks.
>   During a power failure situation, analog pstn lines that connect directly 
> to the analog phones will most likely still be able to make and receive 
> calls. 
>   However, for the Asterisk implementation, unless you have a huge ups, you 
> will not be able to make and receive any call during power failure, since 
> there will be no power to the Asterisk server. And since all the incoming 
> lines, be it analog lines or T1/E1 are connected to the Asterisk, these lines 
> wont be able to function at all.  

See google for powerfail transfer switch. Companies like Valcom make them. 
This is how you handle it on a hardware PBX. It sits in front of the pbx, 
and on powerfail switches over to an alternate output where you'd hang 
POTS phones.

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