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Cellphones vs Landlines

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Many people, especially younger folks, are no longer paying for landline phone service at their residences.  Their thinking is that they save money by canceling the landline service. However, they might actually save more by breaking their hi-tech cellphone addiction and returning to land-line service.   I was listening to free radio in my car this [...]

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Old-fashioned Telephone

Thursday, December 20, 2007

During a recent ice storm, we lost power. Modern telephones with answering machines and wireless handsets require the power to be on in order for them to work. Fortunately, I could call the electric company because I had an old phone that works just off the phone line. Many people today are canceling their landline [...]

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