Comcast could have killed my husband tonight. I'm furious.

[dembotoz]

32. a couple of things

land lines are the most dependable service---period9
any phone service delivered over the internet is suspect to power outage problems.
comcast, uverse, fios, skype whatever-if you can not send an email you prob can not make a call.

it is a good idea due to your situation to have emergency diverisfication--meaning 2 differenct technologies--and you have that...cell and comcast.

It would be a good idea to notify comcast and request that due to your situaltion, you want to be notified BEFORE any schedule maintainance that would take down the system--they should comply--they do not like lawsuits either

check with your land line provider and see if they have a program where you can get a no feature phone service to be used in emergencies--i think att has one--and it is fairly inexpensive.

as for those who would say you must not be that broke if you can afford cable--my 91 year old mother is independent but somewhat house bound Cable tv is her main source for not going nuts...and if she can avoid going nuts it helps me avoid going nuts. When my mother was growing up she lived in the city--friends and relatives were close by--she moved to the burbs about 40 years ago and it just is not the same. And they call this progress....