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mucholderthandirt

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20. Wireless or broadband won't work out here, unless they get busy installing something.

Thu Dec 12, 2024, 03:41 PM

Dec 12

They phased out DSL already, and I've tried to get the alternatives, which I am assured do not exist. There have been many streets here with new houses put up, and I have no idea how they get phone service. We don't have towers close enough in the middle of nowhere, I get one band of cell service. If I'm standing in the magical location it picks up at!

We depend on a landline to have any phone service in emergencies. Our power went out about 7:30 this morning. It was out for over five hours. Without a landline phone I can plug in, I get nothing. The cordless phone won't work without electricity for the base. If the Internet is out, no WiFi, either.

But, the march of technology rolls on. People who are poor, or don't need all the bells and whistles are just shit out of luck, I guess. We should die quicker, like the rich people want. Less hassle for them, you betcha!

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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

even if they have a cell phone phone, many are just keeping them because they've had the same number 50+ years pstokely Dec 11 #4

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

Here's the reason we kept ours so long: they nearly always worked. On more than one occasion... Hekate Dec 11 #5

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

When someone calls the landline, anyone in the house can answer, and call the intended person question everything Dec 12 #9

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've had a digital landline phone for over 20 years, and I still use it a lot FakeNoose Dec 12 #19

Wireless or broadband won't work out here, unless they get busy installing something. mucholderthandirt Dec 12 #20

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