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[–] 15336919? 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

Ham radio, CB radio, ad hoc wifi networks, mesh networks, etc. Ham radios are necessary for keeping up with worldwide happenings. You need an experienced operator in your group.

If the phone service is out, you might be able to go to the nearest junction box, wire all the phones in your neighborhood together, hook a solar power setup to the power wire, and have a local telephone party line. TPTB may take down services, but they won't be removing the wires.

You need to think outside the box.

McGyver the hell out of the situation.

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[–] 15338866? ago 

Most peeps threw out land line phones

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[–] 15340924? ago 

Everyone I know still has one. The lines are still run anyway. I won't give mine up because they don't go out in hurricanes like the cell phones do. The phone offices have backup batteries, and the lines have carbon fibers in them so they don't break as easily as electric lines.

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[–] 15337964? ago 

What do you mean wire a phone? Charge it?

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[–] 15340959? 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

If you hook all the phones together, it will be like a party line. Everyone can hear everyone else, so you have to take turns talking.

You need power for the phones. It takes 45 volts, but not a whole lot of current, so one solar setup could power the neighborhood. Otherwise, each person could power their own phones.

If you're not familiar with how the phone service works, look up POTS, or plain old telephone service.