25 Celltowers down in NorthEast due to Sandy

[HowardSmith]

If you want a hurricane proof phone get a satellite phone of course the person your calling would have to have one also.

The other person would not have to have Sat Phone unless their phone service is down, too. You can call any number with a Sat Phone. We use them all the time offshore. They are essential equipment!

 

[vikingjunior]

The other person would not have to have Sat Phone unless their phone service is down, too. You can call any number with a Sat Phone. We use them all the time offshore. They are essential equipment!

Point being if the other person has no cell service your satellite phone is useless.

 

[HowardSmith]

Point being if the other person has no cell service your satellite phone is useless.

The point being you keep saying they got to have cell service, a land line will do fine. They just need a working phone to answer your call. A working cell phone, landline or another Sat Phone will work fine

We even text and send email from our Sat Phone

 

[bushman4]

The ironic thing is during a mass emergency, cell phone service is the first to go. Your cell phone is actually the most unreliable thing that you will have in your arsenal.

Unfortunately this is true. Its important to have a landline in these times where hurricanes , earthquakes etc are happening more frequently.
Verizon still has millions of landlines in NY, just proof that a cellphone needs more dependability during tough times.

 

[Spectrum Abuser]

Unfortunately this is true. Its important to have a landline in these times where hurricanes , earthquakes etc are happening more frequently.
Verizon still has millions of landlines in NY, just proof that a cellphone needs more dependability during tough times.

Landlines are equally unreliable. All it takes is a utility pole suspending all of the wires to collapse and BAM! You're out of luck. If you have a wireless home phone it's even less reliable in an emergency situation than a cellphone as the cellphone has a battery supply. The wireless phone would be useless.

 

[AJAAY]

Unfortunately this is true. Its important to have a landline in these times where hurricanes , earthquakes etc are happening more frequently.
Verizon still has millions of landlines in NY, just proof that a cellphone needs more dependability during tough times.

I wish there was a feature/service (and there probaby is I'm just too lazy to look it up) where you can walk into your home, and place your cell phone on a dock of some sort and essentially turns it into a house phone. So when you receive calls, all your house phones rings instead of your cell phone, and it acts as a landline with all the perks of a landline. And you can make calls from any house phone until you pick up your cell phone off the dock.

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Landlines are equally unreliable. All it takes is a utility pole suspending all of the wires to collapse and BAM! You're out of luck. If you have a wireless home phone it's even less reliable in an emergency situation than a cellphone as the cellphone has a battery supply. The wireless phone would be useless.

When it comes to communication, the only reliable form is face to face. But there is no doubt some forms of communication that is more reliable than others. While landlines and cell phones both have their degree of unreliability, landlines are generally more reliable than cell phones.

 

[bushman4]

UPDATE:

Just heard FCC is bringing in equipment to get cell towers back online. Many people in the tri-state area are unable to make calls.