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Err yeah except actually you'll just pull out your mobile phone and use that.

Depending on how long and large the power cut is, the cell towers might eventually go offline and then you don't have any cellphone service. Happened here in Spain + Portugal recently: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Iberian_Peninsula_blackou...

A blackout that severe would surely affect POTS too.

Not possible for a lot of rural areas