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Originally Posted by BusterPorn
If you lost electric, cable and cell more than likely the phone lines would be down too.
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Actually, this is incorrect depending on company. If you live in a regional bell company area (SBC, Southern Bell, etc) you will NOT lose service as long as your local landline was with them and not a reseller (Choice One, TDS, etc).
The baby bells have generators in their central offices, and as long as you have a hardline phone (non cordless, or electric powered via plug in) then your service will work when all else goes out.
Problem with resellers like Choice One, TDS, and other's who are facilities based is that they only have a couple of hour battery backup. So depending on how the facilities are done at their central office, with your NON incumbant phone company, you could lose power in a few hours.
If this is a real concern for you (power outage, vonage, loss of service) then you should keep a basic landline, no frills, with your local Baby Bell, or incumbant phone company (or check with your reseller on how they are provisioned). Drop it to the lowest plan, put it in your office w/ an very basic hardline phone on one jack.
If you ever lost power for an extended reason or days, and needed all jacks on that emergency line, go to radio shack, but jumpers, and go to the network interface outside your office/house.
