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

[afan pasalic]

Tom Pohl wrote:
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe 911 still works if you
> discontinue land line phone service.   

Really? Didn't  know that.



> 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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