[Cialug] OT: Any good reason not to kill land phone line?

[neal daringer]

negative. 911 service stops when you discontinue land line service.

Tom Pohl wrote:
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe 911 still works if you 
> discontinue land line phone service.   You don't really want the 
> babysitter calling anyone else anyway :)
>
> -Tom
>
> On Nov 16, 2007, at 9:32 AM, Claus Niesen wrote:
>
>>>> The two reasons that I don't drop my land line are:
>>>> 1) Having a phone available for the babysitter in case of emergency.
>>>
>>> I'm betting your babysitter has a more advanced cell phone than you :-)
>>
>> Since Afan mentiones that he has kids, not sure what age though, the 
>> baby sitter is a thing to keep in mind.  Baby sitters may or may not 
>> have a phone and they might have the coolest phone on earth but use a 
>> crappy plan.  Our US Cellular phone works fine in our house, even 
>> from the basement but our pre-pay T-Mobil doesn't even get a 
>> connection.  That's in the city limit of Ames even.  Also 911 has a 
>> harder time locating your house if the call is from a cell phone.  So 
>> you might consider keeping a landline for the same reason you keep a 
>> fire extinguisher.  You have one, don't you?
>>
>>   Claus
>> -- 
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