Quote Originally Posted by ny biker View Post
If I lose electricity, I can plug in an old-fashioned not-cordless phone and still be able to communicate with people, without worrying about draining a battery that I can't recharge.
Not necessarily. The phone substations run on generators and battery backups. They can and do go out (they did during the last hurricane). The cell phone was the only thing that worked. I agree it's good to have a choice -but sadly phone lines do require power somewhere....