I still have a land line... and two phones that don't require
electricity hooked up to it. One is a beautiful dark red rotary dial
with a good old fashioned ring to it. The other is a slimline type with
extra large buttons and touch tone. I'd never give them up - at least,
as long as landline service is available. It worked on 9/11 and on
several blackouts over the years. Aside from this functionality, it
serves as a
cellphone locater, a safe connection for calling a bank to check balance
using an 800 number, or for any toll free calls because there
are no charges for minutes , of course, and if I need to talk a really
long time to a friend it won't use up charge and if they call me there
is no layout of funds. I took the answering machine off it... but I
can hear it ring all over the apartment so if I'm here I can get to it.
a couple of weeks ago the phone went dead... but thankfully it turned
out to be all Verizon's fault and not anything local so not only did
they not charge me to fix it but I'm getting a small credit for loss of
service for almost a week.
And a recent article on cell phone dangers pointed out that the concerns
extend to any cordless phones - but you can talk on
a landline that isn't cordless for hours with no physical danger other
than tgelephone elbow.
ann
David J Brooks wrote:
On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 2:16 AM, David Mann <d...@multisport.net.nz> wrote:
On Apr 2, 2011, at 8:39 AM, P. J. Alling wrote:
Just because you don't have running water and electricity, doesn't mean you
don't have a phone.
Correct as long as it's not a cordless or something fancy that requires more
power than you're allowed to draw from the line.
Telecom NZ ran a campaign for people around the country to donate their old
basic phones to be supplied to those who had no electricity for an extended
time after the earthquake.
Our current landline requires mains power for its extended functions but will
still work as a basic phone when the power goes out. That's one of the reasons
we bought it over other models, and it's come in handy a couple of times.
Dave
We have a cordless system at home, but i kept one of the phones we had
from Bell, so we could use it when the power goes out, which happens a
lot around here.
Dave
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