Need 911? Help finds you!

It’s Friday night. A babysitter’s at home with your kids while you’re enjoying a nice evening out. Knowing she has a cell phone, you relax a few more minutes before heading home.

Approaching your house, you notice lights flashing, sirens blaring. Luckily, your sitter knew your address and was able to speak because the 911 center couldn’t pick up your address when she called on her cell phone.

It’s a situation that happens all too often. Had the sitter called from your landline, your address would have automatically popped up on the screen at the 911 center. Facing an emergency is traumatic enough. Not knowing the address, or being able to speak, could mean emergency personnel don’t arrive in a timely manner, if at all.

Can you afford to take a chance? If you have kids at home, you need a landline — it's the most reliable connection to 911. Yes, cell phones are great when you're on the road and have an emergency; however, cell phone GPS systems cannot compete with the accuracy and dependability of a landline 911 connection.

For your family's safety, is going without a landline worth the risk? Still undecided? Read the other eight reasons not to cut the cord.