Power cuts are a common occurrence, not where I live , power cuts are more common ( in some areas ) than landline faults , possibly, but a power cut on its own doesn’t signal disaster, the ‘ vulnerable’ person would have to be experiencing a power cut, have no mobile signal , would have to have exhausted the UPS supply and be in need of contacting the emergency service, the hysterical comments of some would suggest this is happening all the time, the likelihood being it’s going to be an incredibly rare occurrence.
Whats the alternative ?, mandate that Openreach keep the copper network alongside a fibre network for those Luddites that feel endangered, would those people be prepared to pay the costs of this , I suspect they would expect not to have to pay more than anyone else, effectively being subsidised by everyone else paying for two networks ,
Finally ( and I’m not being facetious ) if there are people who are so seriously in need of being able , at any second , to contact the emergency services , then living in a remote location ( and the only areas that are likely to experience multiple power outages are remote areas ) then perhaps they are not living in the most appropriate area , given their medical needs.
Even with traditional line, no doubt calling a ambulance ( for example ) , the wait for it to arrive will be longer to than if they lived in an area that wasn’t susceptible to power outages, yet these vulnerable people chose to live with that risk.
I have no problem with those that chose to live in a remote location, but it comes with disadvantages as well as advantages ,
