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Originally Posted by jb66
I guess those who need it could keep the existing copper, but I guess a system like that could work on 3g
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At the start of this year my area was hit a *very* large storm (Red Met Office warning and bits of people's houses flying off). We lost *all* mobile phone networks within an hour of the storm starting and they were off for at least a day, and they didn't come back all at once, so some networks were off for even longer.
The landline phone network didn't have any downtime (except lines physically downed by a falling trees etc). The local exchange UPS kept everything going with no issues. The real issue was with some homeowners who couldn't make or receive any calls because their home electricity supply was off and they only had cordless phones (our local electricity network operator was handing out pound shop corded phones to anyone who needed one).
The fact is that mobile phone networks simply aren't designed with the same resilience as even a domestic phone line. Its very, very rare you'll get a "network busy" or "no free lines" type fault on a landline, but its easily done with mobiles.