On 12/6/2011 2:00 PM, Dan Abel wrote:
> In >,
> > wrote:
>
>> On 12/6/2011 11:47 AM, John Kuthe wrote:
>>> On Dec 6, 3:42 pm, > wrote:
>>> ...
>>>> Landlines should be called "smug phones" cause some folks using them
>>>> sure are. :-)
>>>
>>> I'll tell ya this! I can count the number of times my landline phone
>>> has been out in 50 years on ONE FINGER!!! And I never have to say "Can
>>> you hear me now" except when the person I'm taking to on the phone is
>>> on a bloody cell phone!
>>>
>>> Now that's reliability. Nothing like twisted pair of copper wires! ;-)
>>>
>>> John Kuthe...
>>
>> You can have either reliability or utility and mobility. Pick one.
>
> I can't count the number of times my landline has gone down on the
> fingers of both hands. And when it goes down, it's down for days. When
> I can't get reception on my cell phone, that's normally pretty temporary.
>

Sounds like you're saying that you can't get reliable phone service. We
had a tropical storm that knocked out our electricity several years ago.
The cell system worked well, that is, until the batteries on the towers
died out. As I recall, they lasted about 20 hours. The landlines worked
fine throughout. My understanding is that they have their own 67 volt DC
power system.