On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 07:13:17PM -0500, Mike Hord wrote:
> Don't be too sure...I just called my cousin in the affected area on his
> Verizon cell phone, and it worked just fine.
>
> More to the point, it's an issue that people who have cordless phones
> only in their houses seldom think about, but instantly realize upon a
> power outage...

We have one ordinary phone in our house precisely for this purpose. And
there have been occasions when the cell tower has gone down in a power
outage.

BAJ

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