Ali, Fwiw, when we lose power at our house in NE portland, the T-Mobile towers all lose power too and I don't have any cell coverage without driving out of the neighborhood to a working tower. I don't know if this applies to other carriers, but it has been my consistent experience here.
Russell On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 9:54 AM, Ali Corbin <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 7:45 AM, Ken Stephens <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Be warned that when you switch to fiber and have phone service through >> Centurylink, your "land" line will be powered off your house power. One of >> the reasons they want you to switch to fiber is that they no longer have to >> power your phone. Saves them money in the long run. >> >> Ken > > > That's good to know. It means that, if I made the switch, I'd have to use > my cell phone to call about either a power or internet outage. Or to call > 911 if the power was out. But then, when my tree went down in the January > storm, I automatically reached for my cellphone to report it, assuming that > the phone lines had gone down as well. > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
