Landlines always worked, even when the power went out.
“Landlines always worked, even when the power went out.”
Sadly, that’s no longer the case. When we lost power, we retired on our landline to be able to communicate — call the electric company for one thing.
One day we lost power, I picked up the receiver ... dead. Grrrr!
Turns out AT&T had gone through the subdivision and replaced the wiring with fiber optic cable. The new system requires electric power. No more landline. That was between 2016 and 2023.