How is copper more reliable than fibre as an emergency communications medium? I guess 1800s technology suffices to transmit something over copper, so there's that.

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codeulike 32 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Because copper wires could carry enough power to make a landline work when the mains electricity was off due to a power cut

Edit: also domestic routers are buggy and unreliable and need to be restarted regularly

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AnssiH an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

For residential users in Finland, the last-mile replacement for POTS is not fibre but cellular, at least where phone calls are concerned.

	▲	nikanj 44 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Fibre to the house and calling over wifi is the most typical way. Hasn’t the US moved to wifi calling? It’s such a simple win, as screaming packets to a distant 5g tower eats much more battery than talking to nearby wifi