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AT&T will no longer support landlines in Illinois.

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/att-to-end-landline-service-in-illinois/3859156/

We had a landline until just last month. After the false-positive 911 calls due to line interference, we ported the number to T-Mobile and took advantage of their $35/mo home internet offer.

So far it's been a very positive experience.

#landline #internet #technology #change #illinois

I am old enough to remember how easy it used to be to send a fax using a fax machine. Later on, it wasn't too much of a stretch to do so via a computer with a fax modem.

While email has largely replaced this, I on very rare occasion am required to send an old-school fax. What do you all do when you (or those who ask you tech-support questions over the holidays) need to send a fax to a traditional fax machine without having your own landline?

#fax #faxing #phone #landline #efax #old #obsolete

Still clinging to that landline? This article says it might be your only connection when mobile networks inevitably decide to take a nap. Are we *too* reliant on wireless? What's your emergency comms backup plan?
#Landline #TechNews #MobileNetworks #Preparedness #Connectivity
Read more: https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/you-may-still-need-your-landline-in-2025-heres-why/#ftag=CAD590a51e
You May Still Need a Landline. Here's Why

Still have your old cordless phone? It could be the only thing keeping you connected to the world in the event of massive mobile network outages.

CNET

The old-school landline is having a cultural moment in a world of screens

As smartphones swallow childhood, a growing movement of parents is reinstalling landlines, hoping an old-school corded phone canโ€ฆ
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #AU #Australia #Children #landline #Mobile #Phones #telephone
https://www.newsbeep.com/252622/

Anyone on here tried #VoipFone or other UK landline #voip services?

#phones #telephone #landline #uk #landlinephones

Cal Matters breaks out the still unresolved fight over whether AT&T can dump the low-income and rural communities it doesn't want to continue to serve with #landline telephones. https://calmatters.org/economy/2025/11/att-landline-california-legislative-fight/
They rely on landlines for emergencies. AT&T's political moves in California could take those away

AT&T is fighting to ease regulations requiring landlines, which cost it $1 billion per year in California. It has spent big on lobbying.

CalMatters