Yes, we keep a couple of old "2500" telelphones around the house too...just for this purpose. I have often wondered why someone does not make a modern cordless phone with backup 2500 set capability built into the handset (which would need an RJ-11 jack as well, of course)?...in a power failure, one would then simply transfer the phone line from the electronic base into the handset, using the phone line power plus its internal battery to power the conversation and the buttons/lights respectively...or something like that...that doesn't seem too burdensome, given the existing capabilities of the handsets anyway...does it? Cheers, BobN >Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2003 13:36:18 -0700 (PDT) >From: Kireeti Kompella <kireeti@juniper.net> > >> I was referring to cordless phones - not cel phones >> >> they also die when the power goes out, for some reason some people >> do not expect that to be the case > >which is why I still have _one_ corded phone, plugged into the power >outlet sometimes referred to as a phone line.