A growing cohort of parents are looking back to their own childhoods for a lower-tech alternative to smartphones.

As smartphones swallow childhood, a growing movement of parents is reinstalling landlines, hoping an old-school corded phone ...

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 ...

Paloma Faith and mathematician Professor Hannah Fry are among a growing number of parents getting retro phones for their kids ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) -Millions of people have canceled their home or landline telephone service in recent years but millions of people still have them. The ‘home phone holdouts’ likely have service ...

RIDGELAND — C Spire Wireless has launched a new service that provides home phone service using the company’s personalized wireless network instead of a landline or broadband connection. C Spire Home ...

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 ...

With smartphones in nearly every pocket and internet-based alternatives offering budget-friendly call options, many are asking: Do I really need a landline anymore? The answer isn’t one-size-fits-all.

If you are like me and refuse to give up your home landline, you're probably no stranger to... well, strange calls. Landlines are more prone to spam calls than cellphones, which offer better ...

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