Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!reader5.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Richmond Newsgroups: uk.telecom Subject: Re: BT Digital Voice with no router Date: Tue, 05 May 2026 12:39:39 +0100 Organization: Frantic Message-ID: <82y0hy84qs.fsf@example.com> References: <381ktk9jo6kkmsu7vorq77ba7h2scskfd8@4ax.com> <10rd676$1nn8o$1@dont-email.me> <828qaterep.fsf@example.com> <10rdga8$1pm5d$6@dont-email.me> <10re055$1uk4t$1@dont-email.me> <10re0q6$1vpfr$1@dont-email.me> <10rg02b$2ghjg$1@dont-email.me> <10rio1n$3a35r$1@dont-email.me> <1rtibg1.1slarp4hfxrlsN%liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> <10t7ebv$2sml1$2@dont-email.me> <10t8hp7$37vja$1@dont-email.me> <1rul1zp.14rrgxn1p0lxc6N%liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> <1rulhuw.17jjc7fu08mgwN%liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> <10tcfse$akv2$4@dont-email.me> <1rumxrk.145vo0c1k0qoccN%liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> <10tckjg$cnig$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: solani.org; logging-data="186286"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@news.solani.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cancel-Lock: sha1:Gj8/BvmS38w2cV7/m8sMsJZGZrc= sha1:kNUdNBFsL7JId8QhcbafO3NDSK8= X-User-ID: eJwFwQkBgDAMA0BL65MslQNs8S+BOxSD326CDcNGRth65Bze4wArZ0MovRcpl5vr6Kxh+QcT5RCW Xref: csiph.com uk.telecom:39489 JMB99 writes: > Many remote mobile base stations seem to have a generator that runs to > charge the batteries then shuts down. Often combined with a small > wind turbine and solar panel. Not sure about mobile phone operators > but the railway had at least one (probably more) that had a heat > source with thermocouples charging a battery. > > There are Calorgas bottles which they change periodically. I don't think there is much comparison between costs in sub-saharan Africa and the UK anyway.