Hey guys. Was reading through this, and there was something I did that may be helpful for others.
During a power outage, your corded phone will still work (well, it's possible it goes out too, but ours is usually still on). I think that's fairly common knowledge.
What I did during an extended outage (~2 days) this past winter was wire my router/modem combo (I use Frontier Communications for my ISP) to a series of batteries so we could get online and get updates. By powering the router and having an active phone line we were able to browse the internet with our phones as if there was no internet.
Since then I have bought a UPS (uninterruptible power supply) and plugged the router into it. You can check out the power usage of your router/modem combo (or each, if separate) to see how big of a one you should get, depending how long you want to have it online.
If you have a generator, this isn't really needed. We have one, but if the outage is short, we may not bother with hooking it up. If power goes off unexpectedly we are still able to hop online with our phones or laptops and try to figure out what's going on.
During a power outage, your corded phone will still work (well, it's possible it goes out too, but ours is usually still on). I think that's fairly common knowledge.
What I did during an extended outage (~2 days) this past winter was wire my router/modem combo (I use Frontier Communications for my ISP) to a series of batteries so we could get online and get updates. By powering the router and having an active phone line we were able to browse the internet with our phones as if there was no internet.
Since then I have bought a UPS (uninterruptible power supply) and plugged the router into it. You can check out the power usage of your router/modem combo (or each, if separate) to see how big of a one you should get, depending how long you want to have it online.
If you have a generator, this isn't really needed. We have one, but if the outage is short, we may not bother with hooking it up. If power goes off unexpectedly we are still able to hop online with our phones or laptops and try to figure out what's going on.