XPost: nz.comp   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Tue, 16 Dec 2025 10:47:21 +1300, Your Name wrote:   
      
   > On 2025-12-15 07:41:53 +0000, Lawrence D´Oliveiro said:   
   >>   
   >> I have my landline via fibre, but not through my Internet provider. My   
   >> Internet access is done through another provider (also via the same   
   >> fibre).   
   >   
   > It's cheaper to bundle the landline and internet together, rather than   
   > pay two providers for basically the same service.   
      
   It’s two different services, and I have the flexibility to do it my way.   
      
   >> What I worry about is inability to make emergency calls if/when the power   
   >> goes out.   
   >   
   > That was still a problem in ye old days of copper lines - the phone   
   > still had to have power via that copper wire, as did (and still do) the   
   > roadside cabinets and exchanges.   
      
   Which were powered independently from my home.   
      
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