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   Message 226,081 of 227,651   
   Adam H. Kerman to Tommie Hicks   
   Re: Semi-OT: Death of landlines - and wh   
   13 Feb 24 01:00:47   
   
   From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   Tommie Hicks  wrote:   
      
   >I do not have cell phone signal where I live.  My landline is horrible.   
   >On rainy days I cannot make a call from my house.  Our phone plant was   
   >installed in 1962.  My landline provider, Frontier, refuses to fix it.   
   >They tell me to terminate the account if i don't like it.  In 1985 I   
   >could make calls from my rural abode 24/7.  Today I cannot.   
      
   >If you have a landline that works, don't take it for granted.  I plan to   
   >get a Tesla phone, but it will take me a few months to save up for it.   
      
   I have no idea what Tesla has to do with telephony. Is that a satellite   
   phone?   
      
   How are you communicating, DSL?   
      
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