@susan, if we get a landline we are looking at $40 a month. That is fine to be covered by my work, but from everything I’ve researched, the primary difference will be it works when the power is out. Which honestly might be something important for the times, but that isn’t what I’m trying to solve: I wanted a more reliable connection.
But here’s the rub: none of my calls are fully reliable. Everyone else is one zoom calls, and I’m calling in on my weak connection and can still be heard the best, because folks be not planning this well.
I think I’m going to stop looking for a landline and instead look into Walkie talkies for local community use. That covers the emergency use-case, and is something we have more autonomy over, which might just be something my mind needs to move forward.