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3. We gave up our landline this past year

Wed Dec 11, 2024, 07:58 PM

Dec 11

You now call a person or a business, not a house
Lot fewer spam calls

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The End of an Era: AT&T to phase out landline phone network by 2029 [View all] pstokely Dec 11 OP

"The future ain't what it used to be." Yogi Berra anciano Dec 11 #1

Robert Zemeckis promised us flying cars SocialDemocrat61 Dec 11 #2

Well, there is this! retread Dec 12 #13

But does it travel in time? SocialDemocrat61 Dec 12 #14

We gave up our landline this past year Maeve Dec 11 #3

lol. That's one of the reasons we kept ours and still do. Quiet Em Dec 12 #12

Ages ago, I ported our landline number to Ooma. Xolodno Dec 11 #6

They did that in my area years ago. GoCubsGo Dec 11 #7

Damn. area51 Dec 12 #8

My local landline phone company is moving to fiberoptic lines Kaleva Dec 12 #10

I used my landline to locate my cell phone. LeftInTX Dec 12 #11

LOL. I have done so many times. boston bean Dec 12 #15

Yeah, that's another reason. LeftInTX Dec 12 #18

I had a land line up until about 5 years ago DeepWinter Dec 12 #16

So, AT&T is essentially abandoning our neighborhood to Comcast... hunter Dec 12 #17

I was talking to my teenaged nieces the other day Johnny2X2X Dec 12 #21