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Erich Bloodaxe BSN

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14. And when might you most want the ability to call 911?

Reply to penultimate (Reply #6)

Sun Mar 30, 2014, 11:13 AM

Mar 2014

Possibly during a power outage, for instance?

I live next door to my parents, and they felt safe in switching to cell phones in part because they knew I still had a landline, and they wouldn't be at the mercy of cell phone battery life, or have to keep extra 'battery chargers' around in case of extended outages. Even here in town, not a 'rural' area, we've had power outages that last days, not just hours.

When it's your life, or that of your family, on the line, it becomes a 'major issue' to you, even if you're simply a statistical blip in the overall picture.

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Telecom Providers Want an End to the Landline [View all] LiberalArkie Mar 2014 OP

This is a very bad idea ... ananda Mar 2014 #1

Why do you say it's a bad idea? penultimate Mar 2014 #6

For those of us in Florida that can experience blackouts for two days to a week during Baitball Blogger Mar 2014 #10

And when might you most want the ability to call 911? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2014 #14

I suppose you're right... penultimate Mar 2014 #19

And I might well be in a situation where the reverse is true. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2014 #21

Backup batteries for VoIP phones is normal. tammywammy Mar 2014 #22

Well, hospitals always have their own emergency generators. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2014 #24

I just had to switch over to fiber for everything tech3149 Mar 2014 #32

In Kentucky A Little Weird Mar 2014 #18

redundancy in something as vitally important as communication should be required. KittyWampus Mar 2014 #2

+1 n/t area51 Mar 2014 #3

People are idiots and will go after the easiest and glitziest shiny thing Skidmore Mar 2014 #33

WTF happens in an emergency like Hurricane Sandy?? DinahMoeHum Mar 2014 #4

My brother still holds onto his CB & short wave. Eleanors38 Mar 2014 #5

I wouldn't have made it through Sandy without my landline. smokey nj Mar 2014 #7

Not to worry durablend Mar 2014 #8

Well there goes my BBS. L0oniX Mar 2014 #9

Don't they have to have 911 service even to non-subscribers? n/t PowerToThePeople Mar 2014 #11

I wonder how this will work out? LiberalArkie Mar 2014 #12

I just used my landline last week during a day-long blackout! (Cell phone wasn't charged.) reformist2 Mar 2014 #13

when they force* you into bundling your coax services, and pull your houselines off reddread Mar 2014 #34

I have a legit landline, no "bundle." All service, all the time. No need for a "charger." WinkyDink Mar 2014 #15

We shut off our landline and replaced it with Ooma Holly_Hobby Mar 2014 #16

Fine. But in exchange the federal government builds a national wireless system... hunter Mar 2014 #17

Don't build it JustAnotherGen Mar 2014 #28

A VoIP phone with a battery backup would be adequate during most normal power outages. n/t tammywammy Mar 2014 #20

Depends on where you live, I guess. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2014 #23

I need mine as an access line for my monitored security system williesgirl Mar 2014 #25

Bastardi!!!!! As they say in Italy. MADem Mar 2014 #26

It's the reality JustAnotherGen Mar 2014 #27

a good read Takket Mar 2014 #29

The way to fight this customerserviceguy Mar 2014 #30

Yeah.. No CFLDem Mar 2014 #31

I can almost always tell an Internet connection customerserviceguy Mar 2014 #36

They better rethink that strategy. SamKnause Mar 2014 #35