I went with Verizon wireless for my telephone. I kept the same land line number and assume that gives 911 my address when I call.
The reason was my landline was down every time it rained, buzzing in the line and out oforder. It would take them a week to fix it after several calls.
Verizon and I assume all of the telephone companies are eventually going to stop maintaining and laying new hard wires and convert to only wireless anyway.Therefore their land lines will continue to decline and be allowed to deteriorate. We havent seen any new lines in place in years, and Verizon is laying off line workers.
****Therefore their land lines will continue to decline and be allowed to deteriorate. We havent seen any new lines in place in years, and Verizon is laying off line workers.****
Probably a trend for residential suburbs - but not for rural areas with no towers and not likely for commercial buildings, stores, offices and government.
Verizon has been pushing FiOS - Fibre Optic cabling in its metro areas, but strung/maintained by third-party contractors. I have copper + DSL, at ~$55/mo., and they want me to 'upgrade' to FiOS for ~$85/mo. I don't have cable, just use an OTA antennae for the digital broadcast local stations that I watch infrequently.
Emergency services should be able to find you. http://www.fcc.gov/guides/wireless-911-services
Even my magicjack is registered with 911.