Spring Forward, Check Voice Mail Greetings, Replace Batteries and Prepare for Disasters
Spring Forward and Check Voice Mail Greetings
On Sunday, March 13th at 2:00 AM, we spring forward an hour to begin Daylight Saving
Time. Newer telecommunications equipment will automatically change the time, but
older systems must be changed manually.
This is also a good opportunity to make sure your voice mail holiday greetings will
play at the correct time and day. Since some holidays are observed on different
days from year to year, the schedule must be altered for the current year. Failure
to make the necessary changes could result in a "Sorry we're closed." message playing
on a day when you're open and a "We're open for business." message playing while
your business is closed for the holiday.
Replace Batteries at Least Every 3 Years
The batteries in battery backup and UPS units should be replaced at least every
3 years.
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Trivia about Lightning
- Caused over $6 Billion in property damages in the U.S in 2009.
- Typically 25,000,000 lightning strikes every year.
- Increases by as much as 25% during the work week.
- Pollution increases lightning strikes.
- Can contain 100,000,000 volts of electricity and be more than 5 miles long.
- Can travel at 60,000 miles per second.
- Can heat the air around it to 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
Sources: National Weather Service report generated 4/26/2010, www.sciencefacts.us
Your Body Clock on Daylight Saving Time
Everyone knows about the effects that time changes associated with "jet lag" can
have on your body. But did you realize that the one hour of sleep you lose when
we "spring forward" can also create a big impact?
Wall Street economists claim that sleep-deprived traders have produced up to $31
billion in negative returns on the Monday following the time change. A physician
from the University of California San Diego School of Medicine says it takes two
to three days or longer to adjust to the time change and some studies show there
is a 6 to 10% increase of serious heart attacks during that time.
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Free Battery Backup and Quarterly Programming Backups for 1 year!
- Call 816-763-1100 or email info@commworld-kc.com
for any telecommunications questions or for information on a new system.
- Get a new telecom system from COMMWORLD of Kansas City and you'll
get great, reliable equipment designed to fit your needs. Purchase by April 15th
and you'll also get a Free Battery Backup Unit and Quarterly Programming Backups
for 1 year!
- For service, call 816-763-1100 or email
service@commworld-kc.com.
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Blame Daylight Saving Time on Ben Franklin
Benjamin Franklin came up with the concept of Daylight Saving Time. (By the way,
the preferred is Daylight Saving not Savings — although both
are accepted.)
At age 78 in 1784, Franklin was an American delegate in Paris. Everyone knows he
was an advocate of thrift and this included not wasting daylight. By this point
in his life he was afflicted by gout and other physical limitations and he had a
habit of playing chess into the wee hours of the morning and then sleeping the morning
daylight hours away. (Sounds like a case of "Do as I say and not as I do.")
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