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1) How's landline infrastructure going to hold up to tornadoes? 2) Yes, power goes out too. Cellphones have batteries. 3) Yes, you can dial 911 via "wifi call
by stickfigure 6y ago
1) How's landline infrastructure going to hold up to tornadoes?
2) Yes, power goes out too. Cellphones have batteries.
3) Yes, you can dial 911 via "wifi calling". I've done it.
I don't know about "hate" but I do think landlines are overrated. You already have a cellphone. Paying for an extra service and apparatus for the tiny possibility that you need to call 911 when your cellphone can't - why? Who else are you going to call? Do you even know their phone numbers without your cellphone?
I also think you're undervaluing cellphones by assuming they only talk on the cellular network. You just need to get on a data network somewhere and you suddenly have a wide variety of communication options, including phone calls. TCP/IP was designed to withstand nuclear war.