From:	Mike Elkins <MikeE@*********.COM>
Subject:	2056 era phones
Date:	Tue, 10 Dec 1996 14:48:55 -0500

While spending this weekend with both electrical and phone service down due to
some bad storms, it occured to me how nasty it is to lose both at the same time. It
then occured to me that in the fiber-optic world of Shadowrun, unlike "modern"
phones, basic power to run the phones would not being coming in on the phone
line.

In other words, if you lose power in 2056, you also lose non-celular phone
service.

Might make an interesting facet of an adventure.

Double-Domed Mike