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The end (almost) of an era!!
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rstofer:
In one case, the landline, the Telco maintains the power supply.  I live outside of town with overhead distribution so I wouldn't give 10 cents for a bet on continuity of electricity.  There are just too many power poles attacking cars. Turns out, the closest open WiFi is on the same pole with our electricity (and telco). 

Our internet, on bad days, bounces up and down like a yo-yo.  Our cell service is so bad that our provider gave us a microtower to run over the yo-yo internet.  The other provider (company cell phone) doesn't have a tower anywhere near.  That cellphone hardly ever works.

By far, the most reliable service is the plain old-fashioned landline with power provided by the Telco.
vad:

--- Quote from: rstofer on December 01, 2022, 04:04:35 pm ---It is my belief that if you have a medical emergency at home, you are better served with a landline where the carrier can transmit the EXACT address to 911 along with your call.  Even if we are totally incapacitated after dialing.

We keep our landline for exactly this purpose.  It's a choice...

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iPhone and Apple Watch does share GPS location with emergency services when you call them with Emergency SOS, according to Apple.

Also, I am paying Massachusetts 911 $1.50 service charge every month for each of 5 wireless lines in our household. And the charge would be the same for a landline, if we had one. So I expect same level of service.
IanB:

--- Quote from: rstofer on December 01, 2022, 08:21:41 pm ---Our internet, on bad days, bounces up and down like a yo-yo.  Our cell service is so bad that our provider gave us a microtower to run over the yo-yo internet.  The other provider (company cell phone) doesn't have a tower anywhere near.  That cellphone hardly ever works.
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The joys of living in a third world country  ???
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