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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I work in telecom.

Get a Cortelco 2500 set or an old Western Electric one.  These are more-or-less indestructable, don't require AC power, and have no "features" besides a dial.  The sound quality is excellent.

As for provider:  find out who provides copper line services to the area.  You do not want VOIP or cable service.  You want a "POTS line" ("plain old telephone service"--yes, that is an industry term that people actually use to refer to the type of service).  This is the most reliable service, since it uses a copper wire pair directly from the central office to the house.  Power is provided over that copper pair, so the service will work during a power outage.  Newer services are not built to the same standard of reliability and also often fail to provide the proper address for 911 emergency calls.[/quote]

+1 This is great advice. [/quote]

It’s great advice - from 1995. Unfortunately, many areas no longer support copper.

She might be stuck with VoIP.

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