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[alephnerd]

Landlines still work, and it's not too expensive to keep it as a redundancy.

[spking → alephnerd]

They are getting more expensive and less reliable:

https://www.ooma.com/blog/home-phone/landline-home-phone-is-...

[dylan604 → alephnerd]

how does a landline become relevant when one is not at home? right up to the start of work from home, I was spending very little time at home. a landline made no sense at that point.

[softwaredoug → alephnerd]

Last time I had a real landline, it was flakier than cell service. The companies don't really maintain them