Back in the Dec. 2002 ice storm, our power was out for about 26 hours, as I
recall (I've tried to repress the memory). We had phone service for about
24 hours, but apparently there's something in BellSouth's local equipment
that has only a certain "life" without power. What did the phone company
say?

Anne Lurie
Raleigh, NC


"Russ and Cathy" wrote in message
.. .
1st we had to boil our water because some bacteria got into our water,
then
the following week, the massive power outage and now today no telephones.
I
dont see anything on CNN about the telephone outage being massive so do
you
all have use of your telephones today?
Cathy