[VoIP] Power backup questions

[Chad Perkins]

> Hi,
[snip]
> One thing that annoys me is that while the power's out they
> go "Beep, beep!  Beep, beep!  Beep, beep!" all the time.  When the
> battery gets low they change to going more like, "Beep beep, beep
> beep, beepbeep, beepbeep, beebeep, beebeep!" or something, you get the
> idea.  Do more expensive UPS's either not beep as often or have an
> option to turn beeping off, at least until the battery is low? 
[big snip]

Professionally I use APC SmartUPS, while some would argue they are not Telco 
grade, they don't carry the telco price tag.

Two features with respect to alarming that many using SmartUPS are not aware of, 
is not only can the alarm be disabled, it can be set to only go off at "low battery", or 
"power fail + 30".  

A SmartUPS-700 runs one PC and a little network equipment fairly well.

Chad