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  2. Landlines may seem obsolete, but people in these states pick ...

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    Spokeo used data from the National Center for Health Statistics to analyze which states have the most loyal landline users. Landlines may seem obsolete, but people in these states pick up their ...

  3. Still love your landline? Phone service providers are getting ...

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    More people who are still using telephone landlines will soon need to decide if they want to finally hang up on their service. Just last week, AT&T applied for a waiver that would allow it to stop ...

  4. Saying goodbye to landlines is a hard task for some businesses

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    According to a new study by ChamberofCommerce.org, which is not affiliated with local Chambers of Commerce, New Mexico residents are leading the charge on retiring landline phones, with just 22.3% ...

  5. Landline - Wikipedia

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    In many countries, landline service has not been readily available to most people. In some countries in Africa, the rise in cell phones has outpaced growth in landline service. Between 1998 and 2008, Africa added only 2.4 million landlines. [5] In contrast, between 2000 and 2008, cell phone use rose from fewer than 2 in 100 people to 33 out of ...

  6. History of the telephone in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The telephone played a major communications role in American history from the 1876 publication of its first patent by Alexander Graham Bell onward. In the 20th century the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) dominated the telecommunication market as the at times largest company in the world, until it was broken up in 1982 and replaced by a system of competitors.

  7. Plain old telephone service - Wikipedia

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    Although POTS provides limited features, low bandwidth, and no mobile capabilities, it provides greater reliability than other telephony systems (mobile phone, VoIP, etc.). Many telephone service providers attempt to achieve dial-tone availability more than 99.999% of the time the telephone is taken off-hook.

  8. Who still owns a landline phone? You might be surprised at ...

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    People in the Northeast are more likely to live in multigenerational households, he said, which means they are more likely to live with an elderly person. Older people like their landlines. Market ...

  9. Alltel - Wikipedia

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    Alltel was a landline, wireless and general telecommunications services provider, primarily based in the United States.Before its wireless division was acquired by Verizon Wireless and AT&T, Alltel provided cellular service to 34 states and had approximately 13 million subscribers.