Wednesday “National Landline Telephone Day” Thread

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Bayou Tiger said:
I can't even remember the last time I talked on a land line. It's been several years now...
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I remember my grandmother kept her 1970's phones that actually were hung on a wall and had the long, wound cords. Man, the actual part you held was so nice and heavy and solid. Why is it we had clearer conversations on those things 30 yrs ago than 2021 cellphones?
 
Orlando_Eagles said:
Who still uses one of these from the home? Hell, we have used landlines at work even in almost 10 years.
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Wife wants one in the house for the little kids, so they can call 911 in case of an emergency. I mean, it's technically not a landline, since it's over cable, but yeah, I still have cordless phones in the house that can make phone calls.
 
HammerDown said:
I remember my grandmother kept her 1970's phones that actually were hung on a wall and had the long, wound cords. Man, the actual part you held was so nice and heavy and solid. Why is it we had clearer conversations on those things 30 yrs ago than 2021 cellphones?
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maybe you need to replace the batteries in your hearing aids.
 
HammerDown said:
I remember my grandmother kept her 1970's phones that actually were hung on a wall and had the long, wound cords. Man, the actual part you held was so nice and heavy and solid. Why is it we had clearer conversations on those things 30 yrs ago than 2021 cellphones?
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Because they were hard wired and not signal based
 
HammerDown said:
I remember my grandmother kept her 1970's phones that actually were hung on a wall and had the long, wound cords. Man, the actual part you held was so nice and heavy and solid. Why is it we had clearer conversations on those things 30 yrs ago than 2021 cellphones?
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Wires transmit better than radios.

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Guy Incognito said:
Wife wants one in the house for the little kids, so they can call 911 in case of an emergency. I mean, it's technically not a landline, since it's over cable, but yeah, I still have cordless phones in the house that can make phone calls.
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Know this from my old telecom sales days. Any phone Jack in the house can have a phone plugged in and dial 911, though that can be hit and miss from area to area depending on if that area requires a “soft dial” feature.

Any old cell phone without a plan can dial 911. There is also internet/Skype options.

I totally get the want to have that covered with kids....and to have it route to the house (and not the nearest tower) since kids young enough don’t know addresses.

Just calling it out. If you have soft dial in your area you don’t need landline service.
 
Orlando_Eagles said:
Know this from my old telecom sales days. Any phone Jack in the house can have a phone plugged in and dial 911, though that can be hit and miss from area to area depending on if that area requires a “soft dial” feature.

Any old cell phone without a plan can dial 911. There is also internet/Skype options.

I totally get the want to have that covered with kids....and to have it route to the house (and not the nearest tower) since kids young enough don’t know addresses.

Just calling it out. If you have soft dial in your area you don’t need landline service.
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I think I have a live phone line into the house, but the wire's been cut so many times, I don't think any of the jacks are still live. I should have used the basement remodel as a chance to ensure that the phone line got re-hooked, but I think it just got cut worse. At this point, I'm not even sure I can find the line in.

I do have old cell phones, we could probably use one, but wife says she occasionally actually uses the landline. I did bring it up since our agreement with Comcast can be renewed, but she wants the phone.
 
Orlando_Eagles said:
Know this from my old telecom sales days. Any phone Jack in the house can have a phone plugged in and dial 911, though that can be hit and miss from area to area depending on if that area requires a “soft dial” feature.

Any old cell phone without a plan can dial 911. There is also internet/Skype options.

I totally get the want to have that covered with kids....and to have it route to the house (and not the nearest tower) since kids young enough don’t know addresses.

Just calling it out. If you have soft dial in your area you don’t need landline service.
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but can you dial 0, 0, 0, 0, 0?

 
St. Mussolini Day

First of the Garlician Triad preceding the Holy Firesign Day.
 
was on a zoom call

took about 5 minutes into meeting of wondering why sound was different than normal before I realize my airpods weren't connected and it was laptop speakers
 
RoyMunson said:
haven't had one for 18+ years and don't miss it.
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I didn't have one for a few years, when I had found some cheap double plays and had like 2 work cell phones (lol). We got one back when the employee deal with FiOS was cheaper to have a landline than anything resembling good internet by itself was.

I could explore only getting internet, but wifey likes the stuff we're getting through Comcast right now and I'm not sure how much we'd use if we kicked to full streaming while I'm full-time WFH. And, since Comcast has rolled out data caps, I'm not sure it's a discussion I feel like having at the moment.
 
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