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Originally Posted by spdrun
Wires are underground in properly built cities. My landline has literally NEVER been down in 4.5 years, including during Sandy. Also, cell towers apparently have poor backup power capacity. During an extended blackout, the cell network will go down much quicker than land lines.
Oh yeah, and ...
ned-LUDD-ned-LUDD-ned-LUDD-ned-LUDD-ned-LUDD-YEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAH!
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Some of us don't live in cities....
Cell tower power back-up can be limited in long term power outages, but many have gone to generator after the problem came to light after some of the big storms in the last few years.