I've been in the telephone company business for 30 plus years. Both landline and Cell Phones have their PRO's and CON's.
Both Landline phone switches and cell phone switches have at least 8 hours of battery backup with standby generators. But with cordless phones and cell phone chargers require commercial power and when there is a power outage, the cordless phone is dead and hopefully the cell phone battery is charged or you have a 12v charger. I have UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) for the cable modem and one for the TV, cable box, and wireless router at home and one UPS at office for the phone walwart. The office UPS will beep once or twice a week from power brownouts. The UPS are only good for about an hour before they quit.
The PROs of landline (copper) is the when the call is local or acrossed the road, the call path is just out to the local telephone office and back. If the copper cable is buried, there is less of chance of the phone service being interrupted during bad weather. The sound quality is the best.
The CONS is if the cable is on power poles and the there is storm damage, it can take a week or so for service to be restored. If its buried fiber optic to the house and you cut the your fiber connection without a locate, you pay the bill.
I was driving to the farm one day and seen an excavator in the ditch where a fiber cable was buried. The operator was looking at ground as I drive up. What he was looking at was the tape that was buried a foot above the fiber. The Telephone company would have replaced the whole length of cable (4000 ft or more) as a splice in the middle of the span creates a small loss of light power.
Pros for the cell phone are convenience(call from anywhere anytime), portability (when you move you don't have to change phone numbers or remove or install service) and a internet/email connection. No outside cables or wires to worry about. Just keep the phone charged and don't lose it.
Cons are battery is dead or low because of not being charged or wont take a charge,the phone screen is cracked or damage, or signal strength. Losing the phone or getting it washed in your pants really ruins your day. When you are on vacation, it really works good and you get calls. During the rush hour because everybody is on their phone some calls go straight to voice mail without ringing the phone because of too much cell traffic. Your call goes 200 to 300 miles before it reaches the called party across the road. In western North Dakota, a local cell call goes to Bloomington, MN to be switched and then goes back out. Also a fax machine will not work on a cell phone.
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