Eli5: how does a cord landline work when the power is out?

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Like the phones that have a special plug and everything, the cord one still work when the electricity is out and they don’t seem to have batteries in there, so how and why do they still work

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They don’t take much power to run. The lines that run to the phone to connect them to the phone company also have a power wire that runs into them. The power is supplied by the phone company who have back up power in the event of an outage.

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