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Beacool

(30,249 posts)
14. I have a landline.
Sun Mar 24, 2024, 09:44 PM
Mar 24

After 9/11 and the blackout that occurred two years later, the landline was the only thing that worked.

I've had the same landline number for 30 years kimbutgar Mar 24 #1
63 years here - same phone number since marriage No Vested Interest Mar 24 #3
32 years malaise Mar 24 #11
Same landline number foe 42 years. I will not get rid of it. Trueblue1968 Mar 24 #13
I've always had one. Arthur_Frain Mar 24 #19
I learned that they survive hurricanes way better than cell phones. Just unplug the electric handsfree and plug malaise Mar 24 #2
When the cell towers go out or all the power is out, landlines continue to operate. PSPS Mar 24 #4
Our main reason for keeping our landline as long as we did was for emergencies... Hekate Mar 24 #5
I don't get cell service RSherman Mar 24 #6
I don't have a land "line" but have had a cordless VoIP phone for 20 years now elocs Mar 24 #7
What about rural areas that do not have Internet connection? Or low income that cannot afford it? question everything Mar 24 #16
i have AT&T VOIP and a Verizon cell phone. Most people i know only have the cell phone Takket Mar 24 #8
I have a land line and cell phone. No plans to get rid of my land line. Fla Dem Mar 24 #9
Same here. And then there are some who are trying to text to my landline question everything Mar 24 #17
This happens to me all the time. Even moonscape Mar 24 #18
I converted my ATT landline to an ATT cheap plan cell phone 2 years ago. Gidney N Cloyd Mar 24 #10
I had my last landline in the early 2000s. Straw Man Mar 24 #12
I have a landline. Beacool Mar 24 #14
We have a landline with a residential cordless system and two of these: Stinky The Clown Mar 24 #15
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