OK hows this for a PMR 446

[NorthernRaider]

(4 November 2012, 22:22)Paul Wrote: You'll always have your land line though NR.
Even if it only runs for a few days after the national grid goes down.

Dont need a land line in a prepping or SHTF scenario, and thankfully many of us dont need radios with their massive shortcoming either.
Perhaps in larger groups in the rebuilding stage one or two members could train up on amatuer radio systems but most wont bother because there is no system that comes close to meeting real world operational needs.

Dead letter drops, meets, couriers, messengers, rendezvous will do for much of the comms so long as planning and forethought is used.