Well, no...but anything that takes the phone lines down would have the potential to take out cell towers as well...we get lousy cell service down here in the gully anyway, so I wouldn't wanna be having to depend on that either...

Did my reseach on Comcast Digital phone service, they do include a battery backup with their service, as does my home security system (which automatically dials out to the control center over the phone lines ICE)...which is something else I wouldn't want to be out of commission in case of the all-too-frequent power outages we have here...

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