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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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There is enough electricity in a phone line to ring/power the old rotary phones. Whenever my parents would lose electricity during a storm my engineer father would always call to remind me of this.
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