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Originally Posted by jb66
Seems more logical and practical that mobile phone masts must have a backup rather than landlines considering a mobile phone can be used in an emergency outside as well as in a home.
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It depends on the kind of emergency you're dealing with.
Most mobile masts have backups for power supply and possibly network connections, but in extreme weather you can't really avoid physical damage to the mast itself.
Of course in more urban areas (where VM installs commonly are) you usually have more than one local mobile mast so things are different to how they are out here.
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Originally Posted by jb66
You'd be lucky to find an old fashioned phone in a house nowadays
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If by old fashioned you mean a corded phone, then yes, they are rarer than they were, but they're still handy in power cuts. During the storm I mentioned previously the Red Cross and the local electricity supplier ended up handing out food, blankets and corded phones to those without supply.
However if you mean landlines in general, outside of urban areas its still rare to find a home that doesn't have at least some kind of phone plugged in, or at least a socket/line for one.