How many still have a Landline in their home?

[hube2]

I still have a landline and I likely will keep it for a long time.
I joke and say it's the number I give to people I don't want to talk to. There is and answering machine on it and if it's important then whoever it is needs to say something, otherwise I never pick it up.
Beside this, it will always work. The phone lines are burred, unlike everything else. The phone company supplies their own power to the lines. I have an old corded phone hooked up to one of the jacks. Anyone ever watched "The Day After Tomorrow"? It's a stupid movie but the part about phone lines is close to the truth. I know that phone line will work no matter what and if it doesn't work then we're all in trouble.

 

[Rockbadchild]

I am sure some will relate... I still remember all my childhood friends land line numbers to this day but yet don't know my wife cell phone number lol

 

[grsthegreat]

Landlines will work up until the time telcos are no longer responsible to maintain them. Its happening already. Zipply doesnt maintain its infrastructure. Soon, they will shut down the equipment that is required to route the landline calls as the equipment fails. Building permits here have not required electricians to even wire new homes for landlines. I myself have not wired a phoneline in over 10+ years. Still do catv though.

before i retired, heck i stopped wiring ethernet also. People just didnt want that anymore.

 

[hube2]

before i retired, heck i stopped wiring ethernet also. People just didnt want that anymore.

Tell me about it. I finished part of my basement in the early aughts and put ethernet cables in walls connected to an ethernet router, all completely useless now.

 

[grsthegreat]

My house is wired with twin ethernet, phone and twin catvs throughout house, and 2 recessed device cabinets. Dont use any of it. Not even the phones. Tvs are all smart with wifi.

 

[John0829]

Wifi is easier but if ethernet is available (wire already run) it is what I will use over wifi, no interference, reliable connection and no range limit as long as the run is less than 326'.

 

[grsthegreat]

Ya, but than i cant carry my ipad with me around house.

 

[Grumpycat]

Tell me about it. I finished part of my basement in the early aughts and put ethernet cables in walls connected to an ethernet router, all completely useless now.

Not completely useless.

WiFi is faster if the access points trunk via ethernet rather than "WiFi range extension."

My new house will have CAT6 to strategic locations.

 

[deserteagle71]

Landlines will work up until the time telcos are no longer responsible to maintain them. Its happening already. Zipply doesnt maintain its infrastructure. Soon, they will shut down the equipment that is required to route the landline calls as the equipment fails. Building permits here have not required electricians to even wire new homes for landlines. I myself have not wired a phoneline in over 10+ years.

^This! ATT is saying they want out of maintaining landline here in Nevada.

 

[DarkBlack]

Not sure if this has been mentioned already, because I admit I didn’t read every post, but a true landline is a dedicated self powered 4 wire cable.
A lot of people have telephone over internet, which mimics it and makes a lot of users think they have a landline, but they really don’t.
If your phone has any 120v plug on the base station… it’s not a landline. A landline keeps working without electricity at your home
Just an FYI