Ask HN: What do you use as a home phone, if you have kids without phones?

Re:Ask HN: What do you use as a home phone, if you have kids... by delogos on Thursday September 19, 2024 @10:02AM (#41591945)

Land line is the safest bet. In the US at least, there's also a guarantee that there will always be a dialtone on a paid line even if you have a power outage in your home (assuming of course that you have an actual traditional un-powered phone plugged into the line).

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Re:Ask HN: What do you use as a home phone, if you have kids... by JohnFen on Thursday September 19, 2024 @10:15AM (#41592102)

I know a couple of families who don't allow their children to have cell phones, and they have a landline at home.

> there's also a guarantee that there will always be a dialtone on a paid line

It's certainly not a guarantee, but yes, the power for landline phones is generated by the phone company. It's much more rare for a landline system to lose power than for your actual power to go out.

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Re:Ask HN: What do you use as a home phone, if you have kids... by delogos on Thursday September 19, 2024 @10:39AM (#41592406)

Thank you for the clarification!

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