Yes, this is frustrating. You lose power and there’s no way to communicate.
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thejml@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I miss POTS. Copper landlines are a thing of the past. Now it’s just VoIP with a battery that doesn’t last long enough and another bill. (And place for scam/telemarketers/junk calls)
swelter_spark@reddthat.com 3 weeks ago
PancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
In some areas you can no longer get a landline. I was discussing this with someone who lives rural and the phone company will not serve any of the addresses outside of towns.
That’s strange to me as I still have a POTS line and have never been without one through my different abodes. I will say that only a few calls come in on it, but I use it for outbound calls quite often. Almost all of the spam calls come in on the cellphone now.
I remember reading about the last hand-crank phone being removed (As an aside, my memory had this happening 20 years ago. Lol, it was 35!):
www.upi.com/Archives/1990/07/13/…/3557647841600/
“Smith said with hand-cranked telephones, ‘sometimes the connection cracks up and you only hear every third word.’”
Hey, just like my cell service!
thejml@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Last I heard, all the providers in the US are in the “we’re not actively canceling them, but we won’t roll out new ones or fix problems.
PancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yes, that seems to be the case. If you do cancel and move, the new owners won’t get a landline. The carrier in this particular area has also contracted out any rural service work.