Wednesday “National Landline Telephone Day” Thread

basement bias said:
Had a landline at the old banking gig not too long ago. That was in 2018 but mostly internal when email didn't convey the message. Did have some for customer calling.
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i'm more surprised landlines have even made it out your way.
 
Guy Incognito said:
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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we considered getting one again after my daughter was born, but by the time she was able to understand 911, she was proficient enough with a cell phone to make it happen.

I'd hope if you're paying for phone service through comcast that they exempt VOIP traffic from their cap.
 
Bender said:
i didn't know you could make a 10 minute long gif.
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You can do anything if you try Dick

Dick Cavett GIF by Janis Joplin
 
i had a landline in college for a bit, I never used it because I had a cellphone.

After few months of having to pay long distance bill because none of my roommates did, I cancelled long distance and people had to buy calling cards

few months later, i cancelled phone all together. 2 roommates w/o cellphones complained, I said they could get a phone on their own, but I was out

that was 1999-2001. By my super senior year (2002-2003) landlines at college houses were almost extinct and everyone had cell phones
 
Theads have been kinda bust this week
 
RoyMunson said:
we considered getting one again after my daughter was born, but by the time she was able to understand 911, she was proficient enough with a cell phone to make it happen.

I'd hope if you're paying for phone service through comcast that they exempt VOIP traffic from their cap.
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I think the data cap is only on internet/streaming, but the phone gets limited use in the first place, so I doubt we'd ever use it enough to make us stress the cap. We'll see what happens as more and more stuff goes streaming, but we haven't hit 500GB yet, and they've pushed data caps back to 2022 in the Northeast for meow. Verizon was apparently able to make some hay on Comcast implementing data caps mid-WFH/SFH.
 
PnkPanther said:
i had a landline in college for a bit, I never used it because I had a cellphone.

After few months of having to pay long distance bill because none of my roommates did, I cancelled long distance and people had to buy calling cards

few months later, i cancelled phone all together. 2 roommates w/o cellphones complained, I said they could get a phone on their own, but I was out

that was 1999-2001. By my super senior year (2002-2003) landlines at college houses were almost extinct and everyone had cell phones
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My first dormatory had one public phone on the floor, in the middle of the hallway.
 
MTVike said:
My first dormatory had one public phone on the floor, in the middle of the hallway.
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just like old time movies where they show kids in dorms
 
PnkPanther said:
just like old time movies where they show kids in dorms
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When the phone rang in the middle of the night the RA had to get up and answer it, then shuffle over to one of our rooms. Wasn't usually good news. That's how I lost my first roommate...his gramps died and he had to go back to the ranch in Idaho.
 
MTVike said:
When the phone rang in the middle of the night the RA had to get up and answer it, then shuffle over to one of our rooms. Wasn't usually good news. That's how I lost my first roommate...his gramps died and he had to go back to the ranch in Idaho.
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my grandpa passed away freshman year.

I had to get up at I think 5am to get greyhound station to get a bus home (5 am/6am for college freshman....like getting an old person to stay up until midnight). My roommate and his friends get back from a party ~2am and come into room being loud as hell

Finally "look assholes, my grandpa died, I need to catch a bus in few hours. Shut the fuck up or get the fuck out)
 
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