If you still have a landline telephone, then you may be old enough to remember smelly phone booths and the rotary dial. That is one finding from a surprisingly deep trove of research on the ...

While it may seem that the cell phone has completely taken over, many homeowners still hold onto their landlines. There are good reasons for this. In addition to safety concerns, there are family ...

Dear John: You recently wrote about landline telephones and how they have become obsolete. In an electrical blackout, cell phones and internet phones won’t work, But landlines likely will. So they are ...

If you've been through one of the massive mobile network outages, then you've seen how it left you stranded without one of your most critical lines of access to the world for hours. If your smartphone ...

Long before the idea of hot dog-shaped iPhone cases, Otter Boxen, or even those swappable Nokia face plates, people were just as likely to express themselves with their landline phones. Growing up at ...

As smartphones swallow childhood, a growing movement of parents is reinstalling landlines, hoping an old-school corded phone ...

Some people may think it odd that I still have landline phones in my house. After all, I’m an engineer who has worked on everything from spectrophotometers to satellites. I have more computers than ...

We may receive a commission from our partners if you click on a link to review or purchase a product or service. Click to Learn More When it comes to VoIP vs landline systems, VoIP systems have some ...

If you live in any of the U.S. states where AT&T is the primary phone carrier — prepare for a big change: Landline phone service might be going the way of the dinosaur. According to the Chicago ...

If you're ready to cut the cord to landline phones, here are some tips. MAy 31, 2010 -- From time to time, I provide an overview of one broad MediaShift topic, annotated with online resources and ...