A qualified "yes".

IF the phone line is good from your home to the Central Office, and IF there is power to the Central Office, you will have phone service, much like you have phone service during many power outages. If, however, a line is down, or if there is no power to the Central Office and/or the Remote Service Unit (most have generators and/or battery backup), then you may well have no telephone service. The loss of "utility provided" electricity does not necessarily mean you won't have telco service, but it's not guaranteed, either.

The ADSL service is much the same. If the ISP has power, and if the Central Office has power, and if the lines are good, and if your notebook is charged, or if your home network is on a major UPS or filtered generator, you might have both POTS and ADSL service.

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