[mdlug] It happened...

[Raymond McLaughlin]

Aaron Kulkis wrote:
> 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.)

At least *some* cellular towers have generators. I have serviced them.