again it wasnt true in my case. Me and my relative all have at least one
hardwired phone and i could not use the phone to contact them from the
4:10PM on Thursday till about 7PM on Friday.

"Steve Stone" wrote in message
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Wired telephones worked well for contact of distant family during the
blackout as long as they have hardwired phones on the other end. Too many
cordless units lack base units with battery backup. I ran my house on a
5kw
generator until the power came back. The first 30 minutes I ran the radios
and computers on a 2000 VA UPS

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