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Old 09-14-2008, 06:02 AM
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Not that this is common occurrence, but land lines also have some advantages in emergency situations. After 9/11, millions of New Yorkers discovered that cell phones don't always work. In a power outage, once you've run down your cell phone battery, you're out of luck, but your land line will still work (as long as you have a wired phone, not a cordless).
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