If you've been through one of the massive mobile network outages, then you've seen how it left you stranded without one of your most critical lines of access to the world for hours. If your smartphone ...

Editor's note: This segment was rebroadcast on Oct. 22, 2024. Click here for that audio. Landlines, for some, are ancient history. But for others, they’re still part of the present for various reasons ...

If there has been one inexorable trend in the telecommunications industry over the past 30 years, it has been the decline of the household landline phone connection. While Figure 1 illustrates the ...

Traditional phones may seem like relics in the iPhone era, but a recent AT&T cellular service outage had some landline lovers extolling their virtues. Lois Jackson of Mamaroneck, N.Y., using a ...

While choosing VoIP over landline phones is generally an easy decision for most companies, there are a few situations where your business may want to go with a landline or hybrid VoIP system. For a ...

Standing in the kitchen of her South Portland home, eight-year old Piper Morse picks up a phone to call a friend. "Hi Carly. Whatcha doin?" Piper asks. The two have a lot to discuss: soccer game ...

Landline phones are one of the things people waste the most money on. Now that cell phones and the internet are common, landline phones have become outdated. If you use mobile phones and still pay for ...

Mariah Houghton tells PEOPLE that her landline, shared only with her parents, sister and three best friends, has become a sacred space for connection and calm Ashley Vega is a writer-reporter at ...