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To: LanaTurnerOverdrive

I hang on to my landline like grim death. Our internet provider tried to convince us to go with their “land line” part of a bundle. It isn’t landline; it’s FIOS or something. Still requires electricity. Outages are common in our neck of the woods and we use our landline a LOT. It’s hard to find phones, though, and I scour thrift shops for then.


49 posted on 04/25/2019 5:07:52 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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To: MayflowerMadam
It’s hard to find phones, though, and I scour thrift shops for then.

You're kidding, right? New corded phones are easily available at almost any large retail chain, or go on the Internet and search for them.

51 posted on 04/25/2019 5:14:02 AM PDT by ssaftler (The opinions expressed here have not been peer reviewed, fact checked or focus group tested.)
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To: MayflowerMadam

Not sure what you are looking for but try the following.
We have only cell phones in our home and do just fine.
Major storm damage can cause problems regardless of type.

FIOS landline — fiber-optic network using traditional landline phones and your existing phone jacks to deliver

https://www.officedepot.com/a/browse/single-line-corded-phones/N=5+509830/

https://www.walmart.com/c/kp/landline-telephone


81 posted on 04/25/2019 1:01:11 PM PDT by deport
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To: MayflowerMadam; LanaTurnerOverdrive; All

If it’s FIOS, then it is probably Verizon. I had my land line at that address from 1983. I got my internet service in 2006, I think by that time it was Verizon. And when my land line service was destroyed by my neatnik renter it was Verizon that said I could not get my land line back, but could buy a 24 hours of capacity backup battery. At some point in the far past it was AT&T or Bell Atlantic or perhaps they were the same. I don’t know if Verizon took one of them over or if I had to use Verizon to get the internet, however, I also have Verizon at another property I bought in 1967, so maybe it was a buyout of the older companies. I don’t like to change things if I don’t have to.


82 posted on 04/25/2019 1:24:35 PM PDT by gleeaikin
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