Telephone? What's That? I Use A Cell Phone

More cell phone users dropping landlines - washingtonpost.com. If the FutureLawyer household is any indication, consumers don't use the telephone plugged into the wall at home anymore. We still use the phone, of course, but use cell phones, smart phones, and other assorted Internet and wireless connections. I don't think I could find a corded POTS phone in our house. She Who Must Be Obeyed and the kids use their cell phones for everything, and use email on their notebook computers, connecting wirelessly to the DSL house connection. I keep the POTS line, for several reasons. First, I have to dial out from my DVR to download TV schedules on the Satellite Receiver. Second, if the Internet and cell phone towers went down, it is likely that the land lines would still work. Have you ever considered how much of your work as a lawyer is less geographically dependent than Internet dependent? I have backup Internet access planned, with the ability to tether my Palm Centro in an emergency, if the DSL goes down. If the cell phone structure goes down, I have a wireless broadband modem that plugs into a mobile, battery powered, network adapter. How would you practice law if your Internet went down indefinitely?