07-22-2022, 02:41 PM
(07-13-2022, 10:14 AM)Beth Brotherton Wrote: We are considering discontinuing our landline. Does anyone know if a landline still works during power outages? Last power outage our landline was not functioning.
We're considering discontinuing ours too, especially since the price went up. We only use it when there's no power. Our landline stopped working during the Calwood fire...when we couldn't call our older kids to see what was going on anymore, I had to evacuate Nico and the dogs. The dogs were not good, and we had to be escorted back in by animal control, to drop them off. Unfortunately they wouldn't let me stay....I'm never evacuating again if I can help it, phone or not. It was awful.
We have one of those old phones that plugs into the wall. I'm thinking if we had a neighbor with a landline to run to, if there's an emergency, and no power, we really don't need ours.
Not knowing for sure if any neighbors have a landline, or if they would be around, I'm on the fence. Not even sure if I've met new neighbors around my house, I just know they are new. Houses near ours seem to sell without ever being listed . What did you decide?