Major internet outage: Dozens of websites and apps are down

[Grammy23]

32. We had a landline for that reason but got lured into a bundle with Cox a few years ago.

Our landline was with MCI. We got an offer with Cox that sounded good. It was not so great but here we are. Just FYI for anyone thinking of going with all internet type phone service. When the cable/internet goes down, guess what else goes down, too?? After Hurricane Ivan in 2004, when all other services went out, our phone (a landline at the time) was the only thing that worked. Everything else was dead in the water. No power, water pressure nearly zero, contaminated water. Things go from bad to worse when your utilities are gone.

P.S. We have underground utilities in our neighborhood, but somewhere along the line (out of our neighborhood) they hook up to the power grid above ground. So when THAT connection is severed, so is our electrical service.