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Originally Posted by Ron Bennett
On a related topic, while it's true that land lines are often functional during power failures, most people these days plug in phones that require external power, and have little to no battery backup capability - hence, even though the land line is live, still no phone service...
In short, if one is going to rely on a land line for emergencies, use a traditional corded phone, not a wireless set and/or answering machine combos.
Ron
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Exactly what I was thinking.
On another note; seems like the phone company gave up on me first.
My land line stopped working and I could never get it fixed correctly.
I finally could not even get a dial tone.
I snatched that shit off the wall and slammed it in the trash can.
I called the phone company and told them to cancel my phone, they
were like in disbelief. They say "Sir we can repair your phone".
I told them that they have been repairing my phone for 10 years and
it never worked.
