And Australian anons think that the internet shutdown is happening!
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Know anyone with a landline (in the US when power was out, landlines still workedl).
As a kid those were our got to flashlights until we could find the battery operated ones in the drawer.
The joys Gen Z will never know.
Do you still have the copper wire phone network in the US, that still works in a black out?
In most of Australia the landline phones are via the internet cable except for remote rural areas that still have the copper wire network.
No electric power no landline phone, mobile phone only.
Of cause the Government and phone companies don't see a problem with this. They just say in a blackout, use your mobile phone.
Why would you have a fixed internet phone you can't depend on?
Now if you're old and can't use a mobile phone or you live in an area with unreliable mobile phone reception, then you are stuffed!
Landlines in our area work until the batteries along the line fade and go flat. Then out till power is restored and batts recharge.
Thanks for the information,fren.
About 10 years ago one of my old mentors strongly recommended to anyone who was able to pay the extra fees to buy an old land line before they were lost.
Many rural areas near me still have old copper landline access. Cities want to upgrade for sure, though the difference is buying phone via satellite, cable/net provider, or choosing the old school phone company.
It may not be available everywhere.
If you can access the copper network, they are usually more reliable in emergencies.
This new tech via internet, either mobile or broadband, the Authorities can switch it off when they see fit.
Then it's radios and the fun of copping with jamming.
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Yes much (if not most) of the US still has copper lines if they even have a landline. I don't expect that to last much longer with more areas getting fiber lines for cable/internet. My last house had phone jacks with copper to the telco but my current house has no phone line. I think they will die out with the boomers - everyone else just uses mobile phones now unless they get phone service through their cable company or (a small minority) VOIP providers.
Thanks for that information, fren.
The copper wire network is good in an emergency,like a power failure.
It appears most developed countries are going over to the fibre network now.
What good is a landline when everybody else has mobile? Who ya gonna call
There are still a ton of fax machines, and they don't work as well over VOIP as they do over a landline.
Emergency services. :-)
Landlines here have tried to an nbn style
The other few that have landlines. It keeps makeshift local communication centers open at least. Hope we never need to get to this point, though if family or friends choose to pay for this emergency backup, you can stay in touch with them.
Don't forget you needed one of those 20 foot curly phone cords to reach far enough to get to the drawer. Of course once you got the flashlight the kid(s) had to untangle the phone cord.
Untangling the cord was the most fun part of for me as a kid. 🤣