The old-school landline is having a cultural moment in a world of screens

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

To stave off smartphones, parents answer the landline’s call: ‘I can’t recommend it highly enough’

A growing cohort of parents are looking back to their own childhoods for a lower-tech alternative to smartphones.
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They want their kids to have a social life — just not a smartphone. So they're buying landlines.

Landlines from companies like Tin Can allow kids to chat with their friends without all the distracting apps and pings of a smartphone. (Photo illustration: Nathalie Cruz/Yahoo News; photo: Courtesy ...

They rely on landlines for emergencies. AT&T’s political moves in California could take those away

AT&T is fighting to ease regulations requiring landlines, which cost it $1 billion per year in California. It has spent big ...
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Local family brings back landline

Now, a local family is bringing the landline back, and they say it’s helping their kids in a major way. Melissa Reid has the ...

How ‘Unplugging’ Became Luxury’s Most Valuable Currency

In an era of AI slop and algorithm fatigue, going offline has become the latest status symbol.
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The Death of the Landline Will Kill You

When you visit Mark Twain's house in Hartford, Connecticut, you may be told about his telephone. It was one of the first ...
Deccan Chronicle

Revanth: BRS Like Landline Phone, Pager, Will Vanish

On a serious note, the Chief Minister referred to BRS president K. Chandrashekar Rao’s daughter Kavitha coming out in the ...