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Posted By monte-g 1 year, 3 months ago in Science & Technology
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Remember the home phone? It's back.

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    chevydog1 year, 3 months ago

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    Especially as an adjunct to cable TV, land line phones don't seem like a bad idea. Might even inject some competition into the cable world.

    I can forsee problems at the edges -- getting strong cell phone service to all locations; or getting land lines to remote locations. Either one could run into big time costs as the numbers of subscribers served gets smaller. Interesting problems for state PUC's.

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      markmawn21 year, 3 months ago

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      Ask yourself this. Which phone system is most likely to survive an EMP.

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        miklkit1 year, 3 months ago

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        A home phone system is more reliable and cheaper than a cell phone. And with a tv in every room I get better news too.

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          Harbeas1 year, 3 months ago

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          I use a cell phone for emergencies only. I don't need instant communication with anybody, so my landline phone will always be available.

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            markmawn21 year, 3 months ago

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            I do the same thing. Long distance companies are in competition and can give you a better per minute rate that ever before. I have a pay as you go plan from Virgin Mobile. No service contract, works everywhere, and I can quit when I want or change plans on the fly.

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