After the earthquake in California even the land lines didn't work. The reason is that there are only a small number of dialtones availble and during an emergency everyone gets on the phone to call relatives and check on their wellfare. I had a dead phone for two days during the aftermath. Strangely my office was able to call me from outside the disaster zone and ask me to fix a computer that was having problems. The "safety" argument for a land line is the last gasp of the AT&T clones. It's just a marketing gimick and you shouldn't believe it. If things go really bad, you are on your own and you need to plan for it. DT ________________________________ From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, October 7, 2011 6:48 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Kicking and screaming On 10/7/11, erikhansen@thebluezone.net <erikhansen@thebluezone.net> wrote:
I get very few unwanted calls on my cell and it is nice to have music and e-mail access on the smart phones. I am easy to get a hold of, if someone can't then they aren't trying. I get a lot of in calls but messages are rarely left, annoying really and I am sure I am their do not call list. I sure hope lawmakers don't cave and give cell phone data bases to phone solicitors.
My cell has been more reliable in outages and emergencies than my land line. It is my contact number for many things that would be hard to change to my cell so I keep it for that reason only.
I've added up bundling it just does not provide comparable service, I guess you mean you keep the landline as part of a Qwest bundle.
Whatever works for you, Erik. Stick with it if it fits your life. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php