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Re:The hottest new phone is Tin Can, a 'landline' for kids by mrweasel on Monday March 23, 2026 @08:49AM (#47488762)
Depends on the country, but landlines are no long available for new customers and the cables are actively being removed.
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Re:The hottest new phone is Tin Can, a 'landline' for kids by pqs on Monday March 23, 2026 @10:37AM (#47490162)
Well, I'm sure my landline is not a landline anymore, I'm sure it is some sort of VoIP system, but it doesn't matter, it is a phone with a number, that doesn't leave the living room.
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Re:The hottest new phone is Tin Can, a 'landline' for kids by deltoidmaximus on Monday March 23, 2026 @09:56AM (#47489612)
There are still VoIP services that function essentially the same. I switched to that recently because the real POTS service had been jacked up in price a crazy amount, probably because we were grandfathered into even having it since the company website didn't even seem to offer it anymore.
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