On 2008-07-31 18:34:55 +0100, Frank Erskine
said:

On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:10:26 +0100 (BST), "Dave Liquorice"
wrote:

A BT provided wired phone will work for a considerable time from the
exchange batteries or genset.

Indeed. I still use proper phones with dials :-)

Number please, caller.