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Originally Posted by heero_yuy
Bear in mind that in a power cut or similar situation VOIP as likely won't work and if the mobile network is also down only the battery backed up conventional phone network would be the only way of contacting the emergency services
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God I hate this alarmist dribble being repeated over and over.
Mobile masts have battery backups and there are more of them.
Not to mention, chance of a power cut: 0.05%
Chance of needing to dial 999: 0.0001%
Chance of both happening at the same time: 0.05% x 0.0001% = NaN.
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Originally Posted by tweetiepooh
Or if your mobile signal is so poor you use a femto cell to route the mobile calls over your BB, then in a power cut you need that land line to call the power company to report the cut as well as 999 calls.
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Then the 1% of people who have no mobile coverage can keep their landlines. The remaining 99% however, can make their own choices.