Why you need a true home phone line

[spidey07]

we have FIOS with the phone line because it's just a better value to get the triple play. I think tv + internet is already $35 + $50 anyway and we signed up for a promo for $70/mo. for all 3. It has battery backup for a few hours should the power go out, but we haven't had to use it in an emergency.

During 9/11 and the northeastern blackout a few years back, we had a copper line (before FIOS) and I plugged in an old phone that is powered just thru the phone line. Those are the way to go. Actually FIOS still gives the option of keeping a copper line, for a slightly higher monthly fee.

That's one of the main advantages I was trying to point out. During a power outage the cell towers will be overloaded and don't have the same guarantees for service without power. They are essentially useless with a wide scale power outage.

Your true hardline? Not a problem. I guess a good number of people don't realize you can plug a phone into your hardline and have service. If you don't have such a phone then, well...no phonecalls for you. So get one.

I will NEVER give up my landline and phone. In a power outage, your cell isn't going to work. And not to mention the quality.

 

[Nebor]

That's one of the main advantages I was trying to point out. During a power outage the cell towers will be overloaded and don't have the same guarantees for service without power. They are essentially useless with a wide scale power outage.

Your true hardline? Not a problem. I guess a good number of people don't realize you can plug a phone into your hardline and have service. If you don't have such a phone then, well...no phonecalls for you. So get one.

I will NEVER give up my landline and phone. In a power outage, your cell isn't going to work. And not to mention the quality.

I still don't see wtf you're getting at. If it's just a temporary power outage, who are you going to call? Your friend Mable to say, "Gosh Mable, I can't believe the darn power is out again! Deary me!" Or if it's a serious emergency or long term outage who are you going to call? The police who will be entirely overwhelmed? Mable? She'll have been raped to death by then.

 

[UberNeuman]

That's one of the main advantages I was trying to point out. During a power outage the cell towers will be overloaded and don't have the same guarantees for service without power. They are essentially useless with a wide scale power outage.

Your true hardline? Not a problem. I guess a good number of people don't realize you can plug a phone into your hardline and have service. If you don't have such a phone then, well...no phonecalls for you. So get one.

I will NEVER give up my landline and phone. In a power outage, your cell isn't going to work. And not to mention the quality.

Thank your government for that.... and for the roads and other benefits of this country...

 

[alkemyst]

Pretty sure any land line that's physically connected has to accept a 911 call, similar to cell phones with no service.

Until you get a service that takes over the analog lines for digital.

 

[spidey07]

Ok, you guys don't get it. Fair enough.

 

[UberNeuman]

Ok, you guys don't get it. Fair enough.

Thank your government for providing a service that's (for the most part) constant and you're willing to tell others to trust in...

 

[InflatableBuddha]

sorry spidey, 911 is big government socialism. Why should rich people have to pay for commoners' emergency services? Let the free market decide!

Requesting op be banned for hypocrisy.

lmao

 

[Lifted]

That's one of the main advantages I was trying to point out. During a power outage the cell towers will be overloaded and don't have the same guarantees for service without power. They are essentially useless with a wide scale power outage.

Your true hardline? Not a problem. I guess a good number of people don't realize you can plug a phone into your hardline and have service. If you don't have such a phone then, well...no phonecalls for you. So get one.

I will NEVER give up my landline and phone. In a power outage, your cell isn't going to work. And not to mention the quality.

You must talk on the phone more than a 12 year old girl if you care so much about "what if my mobile phone doesn't work during a power outage?". You're willing to pay for a land line, for years, just in case the power goes out for a few hours, an event which might occur once in 5 - 10 years for most people.

$15/month for 10 years... $1,800 so you can chat on the phone during a power outage, and only if your cell phone isn't working. That's brilliant.

 

[spidey07]

You must talk on the phone more than a 12 year old girl if you care so much about "what if my mobile phone doesn't work during a power outage?". You're willing to pay for a land line, for years, just in case the power goes out for a few hours, an event which might occur once in 5 - 10 years for most people.

$15/month for 10 years... $1,800 so you can chat on the phone during a power outage, and only if your cell phone isn't working. That's brilliant.

We have power outages every year for days/weeks at a time here. I'd rather be able to call buddies outside my area on where to get gas and avoid the undesirables.

 

[Lifted]

We have power outages every year for days/weeks at a time here. I'd rather be able to call buddies outside my area on where to get gas and avoid the undesirables.

Holy crap. Where the hell do you live, the north pole?