[mdlug] It happened...

[Aaron Kulkis]

Garry Stahl wrote:
> Aaron Kulkis wrote:
>> This is why landlines still have utility, and should not be
>> disposed of on a whim.
>>   
> 
> It has been my experience that when everything else is going to Hell
> POTS still works.  The phone system is extremely robust.
> 
Absolutely.  I keep it around because the POTS have their
own sustained back-up power system, whereas cell-phones
towers are much more reliant on the local grid (my understanding
is that they have battery backup, but not generators like
the POTS in the local central switch offices.)