john smith wrote:

Newps wrote:

It will be three years in October since I got rid of my landline
phone. I just decided I wasn't going to pay those taxes anymore. For
about the last year I have had an internet phone from Vonage. It
costs me about $17 a month and the area code for that phone is from
the St. Paul, MN; area(651) so all of our relatives can call us toll
free. Unbelievable how well it works.


How do you contact 911 when the broadband goes out?

Use one of the cell phones that's probably here.