[RegulatorCountry]

I have. You don’t need it. Charge your cell in your car if there’s a power outage.

[biff]

I got a cordless phone that uses an extra battery to run the phone when there is a power outtage. Kinda neat to make a call when everybody else’s landline is down.

[Defiant]

Same here. Got rid of it. If cell phones are working, we can communicate to the outside via cell phone. If the internet is working, we have wifi and can communicate via VIOP (SIP programs on my android phone or via Skype, Facetime, Oovoo.) We would only be screwed if phone service still works but internet and cell phone networks are down. Odds are all three will go down if that happens.

For power outages, as a poster mentioned, you can charge in your car, or have backup battery systems. I have one of those car battery jumpers that has a place to plug in and it will run a cell phone for days.