“Does it function when power goes out? I’m looking for phone I can use even when electricity goes out.”
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Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I think the issue when the power goes out is less about the phone than the phone service provider. I recently bought one of these phones as I decided to migrate my land line from Verizon to my cable provider, which offered the land line coverage for much less than Verizon. I had stayed with Verizon for a long time because I had old copper wires providing my service and I knew from experience the phone worked when the power went out. However, under the new fiber optic cables Verizon is putting in that would not be the case. They had some sort of huge battery-operated thing that would permit at least some emergency coverage in an outage, but when I saw it I just decided it wasn't worth it. So I signed up for coverage with my cable provider before Verizon discontinued my service for refusing to let them put fiber optic in (I wanted to make sure I kept my old phone number). I have a cell phone and that should cover me as long as the cell towers worked. I believe the AT & T phone is designed to work with any land line connection. I could tell from the cable that I could have plugged it into the old Verizon outlet. I don't know who provides your phone service. You should find out how they provide their service. If it is old copper wires, you may be okay. If not, there may be a problem, no matter what kind of phone you have. So you definitely need to contact your service provider and maybe contact other providers in your area. This AT&T phone does take some batteries,but I believe that has more to do with certain phone functions than backup power. I put the batteries in, but haven't really figured out what I'm supposed to be doing. I just wanted a functioning land line (my cell phone is now my major phone).
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