here in the boonies, every cellular carrier, every internet provider, every–everything… goes out with single fiber cut. even cable tv goes dark since they took out local headend here (connected now via fiber to a town an hour away).
except for POTS, and the voice and data carried on it. when the whole town gets cut-off from the outside world for a whole day or more, which has happened four times in the last four years. the good ol’ shitty telco is still going; their cables are separate, and go entirely different directions out of town.
that’s why we still have a landline at the office; having a line-powered phone for when the power goes out (also not uncommon) is just a bonus.
Landlines are dead, but I recently installed a VoIP phone because cell service at my house is great.
It is nice being able make calls reliabily now and the kids have a way to call 911 too.
here in the boonies, every cellular carrier, every internet provider, every–everything… goes out with single fiber cut. even cable tv goes dark since they took out local headend here (connected now via fiber to a town an hour away).
except for POTS, and the voice and data carried on it. when the whole town gets cut-off from the outside world for a whole day or more, which has happened four times in the last four years. the good ol’ shitty telco is still going; their cables are separate, and go entirely different directions out of town.
that’s why we still have a landline at the office; having a line-powered phone for when the power goes out (also not uncommon) is just a bonus.