[LINK] Fwd: No battery backup

[Tom Worthington]

On 01/03/15 19:41, Jan Whitaker wrote:

> I've told her she shouldn't have to pay ...

NBN have 15 pages of "Optional Battery Backup Informed Consent 
Guidelines": 
http://www.nbnco.com.au/content/dam/nbnco/documents/fibre-premises-equipment-obb-informed-consent-guidelines-checklist-23-october-2013.pdf

The purpose of these guidelines appear to be for NBN to save money by 
not installing battery backup and then blame the customer for not 
consenting to have it installed.

Where installed, the system uses a 12V 7 Ah Sealed Lead Acid Battery 
(same as I have in my UPS). These batteries are relatively cheap and 
readily available: 
http://www.nbnco.com.au/connect-home-or-business/already-connected/nbn-equipment/battery-back-up-service-information.html

For the phone to work, as well as this battery you need a line powered 
old fashioned phone, or a cordless phone which has a backup battery in 
the base station (a few do), or a UPS.


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