Old Landline No Longer Working

[Descant]

Originally Posted by Biggd

My son, 35 with 2 little girls, 7 and 8, just bought a landline phone so his kids could call out in an emergency.
He sent me a picture of a slimline phone with a curly cue cord, I didn't think they even sold them anymore, LOL.
He didn't want a portable phone because he knew they would lose it.

So your son bought a slimline? Grandparents can be real heroes and buy a nice "Barbie Pink" Princess phone! It won't cost any more to have two phones plugged in, in different rooms.

[Biggd]

Originally Posted by Descant

So your son bought a slimline? Grandparents can be real heroes and buy a nice "Barbie Pink" Princess phone! It won't cost any more to have two phones plugged in, in different rooms.

Slimline is what I use to call it, I'm dating myself. I'm not sure what they call them now or who makes them, but it looked the same.

[ApS]

Originally Posted by Descant

So your son bought a slimline? Grandparents can be real heroes and buy a nice "Barbie Pink" Princess phone! It won't cost any more to have two phones plugged in, in different rooms.

Princess telephones are still available in ivory-white and has a great feature of lighting the dial in the dark.

https://hchm.org/its-little-its-love...ess-telephone/

Technicians tell me that AT&T made the very best telephones.

Originally Posted by thinkxingu

Since at least 2008, my cell phone has been more reliable than both landlines and Internet. We've not had a landline since 2007 and have never had an issue.

I'd chip-in to keep a neighbor on a landline. (Because you never know--and a family member has one).

[Descant]

If you have a security system that calls a central monitor, doesn't that require internet or a landline? My landlines operate through my cable provider.

[Winilyme]

Originally Posted by Descant

If you have a security system that calls a central monitor, doesn't that require internet or a landline? My landlines operate through my cable provider.

Nope. Ours works via cell.