I miss the days when Ma Bell had batteries in every office to keep the phones working. 15 years ago the exchange the office was on had a fire and went out of service. The majority cell phone provider was overloaded and useless, no connectvity. Something to think about.
On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 7:59 AM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > Yep. Your public utility probably has an app for that. My electricity > provider, DTE Energy, posts updates as work progresses. The app allows > reporting of an outage, bill paying and more. Another app offered by the > utility monitors electricity usage in real time via the smart meter and > provides billing info as well. The neatest part of it all: a tool that > enables measurement of an appliances kilowatt demand by holding an iPhone > next to the power cord. > > Paul via phone > >> On Oct 7, 2016, at 7:54 AM, Matthew Hunt <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 9:39 PM, John <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> One of the things they suggested was that if it DOES go off, I should >>> consult their web site to find out the extent of the outage. I'll make >>> sure to check, JUST AS SOON AS THE POWER COMES BACK ON! >> >> Smartphones, dude. >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
