“I’m keeping my landline ‘cause if the electricity goes out, I can still make and receive calls using the corded phone...”
If you get your landline through a cable service, you might need to think it over again. They don’t power the phones at a central service anymore. We have a battery back up, but they only guarantee it for 9 hours, and that’s only if the cable is still working.
No, My landline is provided by a local telephone company and not a cable service. The last time the power went out for an extended time, the younger folks who just had cell phones couldn’t send or receive call when their phones died while us old timers who had corded phones could still make and receive calls.