“MANY times a land line works during a power outage when cell phones don’t.”
I live in a very rural area. It’s true that a land line works (using an older phone) during a power outage, so I’ve been told, but my cell is what I use to report the outage with.
What outage are you talking about? The old POTS line rarely ever breaks down. Are you using another kind of phone for your home, other than a POTS line?