Land line not working when power was out?

[Jackie Dow]

Typically the landline still works when the power is out, it's the only reason we even keep it.  Today when the power was out the landline was also out.  Anyone know why this is?  We are in the Bar-K
Thanks!
Chris

My landline didn't work when the power was out today, and when we had the forest fires, it stopped working too.
I called the phone company and they didn't know why, said it might be my phone, which does not make any sense because it started working when the power went back on or sometime after. My reason for having a landline, is to be able to make local calls when the power is out, or to call and  find my cell phone when I misplace it.
I think I should cancel the land line , but still mulling it over. I came here to see if anyone else had issues.

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I replied in the wrong place. I'm still having trouble with navigating this site...
My phone wasn't working during the power outage, the main reason I have a land line...
I'm thinking about canceling it now, it also stopped working during the fires, and I ended up evacuating with my dogs because the phone wasn't working.
Seems like it might be time to ditch the land line if it's not going to work when there's a power outage.
I could swear there were no generators or batteries involved in land lines in the old days.
Unless, there was a phone pole down.