Dave Liquorice wrote
Broadback wrote

IMO its time to give up on line phones, essentially because its so
easy to get an unlimited mobile phone service with free unlimited
calls and texts and MMS to any landline or mobile in the country ...

That is true Rod, but you still need a landline for the internet.

Assuming you can tolerate the delay and artifacts of mobile phone calls.

I don't get anything like that.

Assuming you have reliable mobile coverage inside without
having to go to upstairs window on the right side of the
house to stand any chance of having an inteligible voice call.

Or that either. One mate of mine does find that his mobile
calls do drop out in the block of flats carpark and lift, but
his landline doesn't actually work outside the flat.

And of course the landline exchnage has BFO batteries and an auto
start gen set. So a power failure is not likely to stop a landline
working.

My mobile service works fine with mains failures that last for hours.

Majority of mobile cells have no or only minimal backup power.

Maybe there, but it isnt like that here.

If you're lucky you might be in range of cell that still has power,

Don't need the cell to have mains power here.

wether you'll be able to make a call is debateable as umpteen
other customers who'd normall be on other cell(s) that are
now without power will also be trying to use it.

Not a problem here.