End of an era: Phone companies phasing out telephone landlines | Morning in America

More Americans may potentially lose their telephone landline services as telecoms want to shift to a newer infrastructure within the next few years.
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[@andreawill9017]

Hospital, muniples, police departments, fax machines are needed for rural areas. Its still needed

[@davidgrisez]

It is also in many cases a major ordeal and hassle to switch over to another phone system

[@Banks040]

My poor dad is 74 years old and still has the same landline that he’s had since we moved from New York to Florida at least 38 years

[@DeepDishPizza]

My grandmother is 97 and still has three same phone number since 1959.

[@Banks040]

@@DeepDishPizza aw that is amazing. Your grandmother is a badass . I can only hope I get to live till 97.. I can’t imagine all that she has seen throughout her lifetime 🤯

[@phyllissnook]

I'm 75 (not poor) and I removed my landline 5 years ago. I only use my cell now and I'm very computer oriented as well, using my MacBook Pro! Not everyone who is my age relies on things from years ago; some of us are actually quite informative and move with the times!

[@MashaT22]

When the power goes out, an old fashioned landline still works. No power needed. Digital “landlines” only work as long as the backup battery can power the cable box. I live in NYC where power goes out. I once had no power for three weeks when Hurricane Sandy hit - but at least my home phone worked. In the apartment where I currently live, I have very poor cell reception. I’m 42, disabled, and ill - and homebound. Connectivity is crucial for me. Two years ago, I had no heat or power for 3 days, and if I hadn’t been able to call ConEd, the situation would have been worse. I don’t think copper landlines should be phased out. In fact, every home should have one for safety. Phone companies often charge people more to get connected to them as compared to VoIP connections, which seems unfair for people who need and prefer copper lines.

[@rasheedali615]

So is copper telephone service still available in New York City? I know Verizon is the telephone company there and they have fiver pretty much all over the place.

[@markiemark8717]

Yes, BUT it is possible for phone lines to get knocked out too, especially during a storm or wildfire. Also, someone could cut your phone line. We have Verizon Fixed Wireless service that has 36 hours of battery back up and we have 2 external power bank boxes with 48 hours back up on each one, that's 5 days of battery back up for stand by time (talk time is less). Whenever we do laundry in the basement, we glance at the boxes to make sure they are charged and all 5 lights are illuminated.

[@lds251]

I use both . Keep my landline in case of cellular outages and the opposite is also true.

[@James_Knott]

I still have a "land line" only because is part of a TV, Internet and home phone bundle from my cable TV company. It's just part of the package.

[@pentegarn1]

Thats so stupid. When our electricity goes out we communicate with the company with our land line....because our cells are are usually dead.

[@AngelRodriguez-ex6sf]

I use a landline phone all the time. I only use my cell phone in case I have an outage.

[@Stardusted1]

Me too. Or when I go out in case of emergency

[@JohnDrummondVA]

Landline still works in power outages (has its own voltage), is immune to Internet outages, and don't forget the thousands of businesses that still use Fax machines, people who still use DSL for Internet service, and every ISDN BRI/PRI still in existence.

[@James_Knott]

People still use FAX machines? Do they also still use buggy whips? I think you'll find ISDN is largely gone, both BRI & PRI as the TDM phone network that used them is also largely gone.

[@jccarriere3719]

Fax machines, use landlines

[@James_Knott]

If you can still find them. Also, those "landlines" are likely VoIP over fibre at some point.

[@Stardusted1]

I will never give up my landline. Businesses still use them for crying out loud and all offices. Gimme a break

[@DeepDishPizza]

What are you 70 years old?

[@RLP-r3j]

Nope but I am! Aren't Cell phones the kind they give to prison inmates? 🙂@@DeepDishPizza

[@James_Knott]

They may still have telephones, but are unlikely to be using copper pairs. Businesses have been moving to VoIP for years.

[@James_Knott]

Those over 65??? I'm 70 and haven't had a twisted pair phone line since 2007. While I do have a home phone, it's delivered by my cable TV company over the same cable that provides my TV and Internet services. I also have had a cell phone for 29 years. These days, telephones are such a low revenue service that it's no longer economic to provide a stand alone phone line over copper cable. As for those in rural areas, it's even more expensive to provide the service that at one time was subsidized by those living in cities.

[@mrwinston_thepug]

How do blind people use cell phones? How do people blinded in an emercency dial a cell phone? Landlines will come back.

[@patyoung5330]

After stroke you cant always or you may lose your sense of touch. Been there.

[@DeepDishPizza]

Blind people use flip phones. The hell is wrong with you?

[@davidgrisez]

I know a person who is totally blind. She has a cell phone designed for blind. However this cell phone is difficult for her to use.

[@mrwinston_thepug]

@@davidgrisez I nothing but empathy for her and others who have to live life like that. Thank you for sharing. - 🇺🇸 disabled Veteran

[@davidgrisez]

I am 73 years old and I live in a condominium building. It has been a very difficult ordeal to change the HOA phone lines from Plain Old Telephone Service to a Spectrum Cable Service which is a voice over internet protocol system. We have to also replace the buildings Fire Alarm Communicator Panel with a new model because the old model is incompatible with this new system.

[@jennyjustme]

I dont own a cell phone DONT TAKE MY LANDLINE FROM ME

[@shiroibasketshoes]

I don't own a cellphone either; I agree with you!

[@jennyjustme]

@@shiroibasketshoes And i have no desire to buy a cell phone.

[@shiroibasketshoes]

@@jennyjustme I have no desire to buy a cellphone either. I explained why not in a different comment, which of course people ask me. People got along without them before they were invented. if I have to get a new phone, like if my landline breaks, I'd love a pink rotary dial landline.

[@michaelp9707]

Landlines still have value.For business,areas with week cell signal or spotty cell reception on properties, emergency phone,you can conduct business on a landline while you play on your cell phone,no dropped calls like cell phones and you can get a landline for like $10 a month

[@davidgrisez]

I am 73 years old and I am still using a plain old telephone service in my condominium unit. However I now know that I will have to switch to what I consider to be an inferior system. I know that the Spectrum Cable Service shuts down during power outages. I intensely do not like the fact that POTS phone service is being shut down. The POTS phone system in the United States used to be the most reliable and most available system for voice communications that ever existed. It is a shame that this phone system is being shutdown.

[@shiroibasketshoes]

I'm a California resident. I've never owned a cellphone and never will, mostly because of my veganism, which is lifestyle as well as dietary. I've never sent or received a text. I live alone and may need to use my landline in an emergency. If AT&T cancels landline service, I'll have to choose a different provider. I think AT&T and other phone companies should want to keep landline service for reasons given in the video and for mine. I also think public payphones should become common again.

[@marianistdevotee26]

🤔

[@zuffin1864]

I agree, pay phones were the family emergency lifeline. It was a really healthy way to give freedom to kids back then without having to forkout much cash for a cell phone plan. Cell phones are creating a low trust society

[@vmobile890]

Then ATT should educate and supply people to have non land line those might just drop land line .

[@3d1stp3rs0n]

Don't you use land lines for home internet? Just recently, new glass fiber cables were put in the ground at my place for that purpose.

[@AlexR_44]

That'll be VOIP service, not traditional copper wires like they mean here

[@James_Knott]

Around here, the phone company has long moved to fibre, with nodes in the neighbourhood and copper pair from there. Many customers have fibre to their home. I get all my services from my cable TV company that likewise has fibre to the nodes and copper the rest of the way. I get 1.5 Gb down, actually limited to 1 Gb by my hardware. I can also get up to 1 Gb on my cell phone, with 5G.

[@spaceballs44]

My grandma uses a landline. She’s 92, and a cell phone isn’t for her and many seniors.

[@SueBeth834]

There should be more than one mode of communication; not all tied to Internet services.

[@tooge47]

this ONCE-great Republic will live to regret phasing out landlines, mark my words

[@douglaspawlik]

I live rural and don't have cell service at my house. Also, the only internet I get is DSL, which runs on the phone line.

[@SueBeth834]

An AT&T sales person said that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is phasing out all landline services in 2025. Not just for AT&T but all landline services for all companies. While I’ve had a cell phone for 20 years, which I generally use, I like having a landline for back up when the Internet/Wi-Fi is down. The copper landlines have always been very reliable when everything else is out. I currently have my computer system through CenturyLink and I also have a landline through CenturyLink that uses the copper wire system. But they’re switching over to a company called Quantum which is fiber optics. I can still have a landline, but it will go through the Internet. So if the Internet is down so is the landline. I don’t like the idea of our ability to communicate being limited. We should have more choices of communication, not fewer.

[@tooge47]

STILL using an AT&T model 210 landline phone.........................and PROUD of it...............

[@familyaccount4919]

So disappointed that Land Lines might become unavailable.

[@SueBeth834]

Where can you still obtain a landline for emergency usage if Wi-Fi and electricity are out. I’ve had this happen to me more than once where everything was down, but the landline still worked? I’m with century Link in Minnesota right now and they’re changing over to Quantum. I want a landline not dependent upon Internet services.

[@albertcarello619]

There's plenty of other phone companies willing to step in and take over landline service: Examples are Comcast, Century Link, Cox, Frontier, Community Telephone company, Satellite Country, Time Warner, to say some of many! These companies be be knocking on Californians doors to solicate selling phone service. Also there's Verizon FiOS which can be obtained by going to any Verizon phone store. Century Link and Frontier have taken over many areas that AT&T use to provide landline service and are rapidly growing!

[@rasheedali615]

Frontier announced that they are decommissioning copper also and I can’t even get a landline because there is no copper or even a conduit going to my street even though my residence was built in 2016. I don’t think there’s anything I can do about this. I really want a landline because I have poor cell service in my area And the Internet company. Here is Comcast, which is the only company and they go out all the time.

[@albertcarello619]

@@rasheedali615 Having a cellphone you're always at risk getting hacked. Digital Secure isn't fully affective and can't prevent hackers from disabling your phone.

[@tooge47]

Years ago, I called Century Link and BEGGED them to buy out AT&T in Amite county, MS, as AT&T isn't interested in continuing landline here

[@sfbearcat8637]

Miss Blondie should go sell perfume at a department store there's tens of millions of people that still use landlines

[@tooge47]

this piss poor cell service is NOT an improvement over the copper land lines

[@albertcarello619]

I think CenturyLink will be the next major Landline Service Provider along with Frontier Telephone Company. Frontier is the second major Landline Phone Company in California.

[@John-eh6jg]

I am 38 and use land line more then my shitty cell service from Verizon. Haha so when someone hacks all of our cell phones or a massive black out we will have no phones ? Haha should probably take baby steps before you leap . Cell service is still trash in many areas even with wifi calls and any call I must make without the call dropping is always land line

[@boomerang8909]

1:18 Malaysia is in NewsNation… for all the WRONG REASON!

[@davidclarke10]

UK old landline dies end of 2025

[@MaryAnn_Nolan]

Nooooo

[@tracyclark7560]

What?

[@DeepDishPizza]

What do you mean WHAT?

[@NaturingIFindNatural-august73]

impossible.. what a load of pish.! some medical alert systems mandatorily need landlines.! companies need landlines. hence general public can request a landline. you’re waffling on.! 🤣😂🤣 ✌🏻🌏🇦🇺🤘🏻

[@MashaT22]

Yeah but in NYC, providers charge extra for the privilege of getting connected and using a copper line. I am home bound and disabled/ill. I need a landline for every time power goes out. Cell service is spotty at best in my apartment. Problem is, I can’t afford what the one provider in my neighborhood wants to connect it and let me use it.

[@dianev6180]

but they will never remove the poles and lines! electric and telephone companies should be forced to remove the outdated infrastructure. It's an eyesore!