On 12/06/06, Dean Pemberton wrote:

Heh - Well I had assumed that peoples phones (cordless aside) would still work if their power was dead. I was also assuming that people weren't going to be calling Telecom to see when their power was coming back on =)

My phone (West Melton, Rural Canterbury near Christchurch) was dead for most of Monday. I assumed the battery in the exchange or mux box must've died. I'm not sure how long the exchange batteries last, but power was off for a long time (30+ hours). Yuri