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kimbutgar

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1. I've had the same landline number for 30 years

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Sun Mar 24, 2024, 04:17 PM

Mar 24

Hard to give up. I had AT&T and they changed to an internet system and the phone never worked. I switched over to another company ooma that’s been pretty good but have to reboot the system every few weeks.

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Landlines are dying out. But to some, they're a lifeline. [View all] question everything Mar 24 OP

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