From: gazelle@shell.xmission.com   
      
   In article <4cbebcce-151b-44a3-bb91-1738ae85a9c2n@googlegroups.com>,   
   Lenona   wrote:   
   >On Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at 9:16:33AM UTC-5, David Carson wrote:   
   >   
   >>   
   >> I don't think anyone is going to die because their landline that hardly   
   >> ever works anyway gets disconnected.   
   >   
   >Funny, MY experience is that a landline is far more reliable when you want   
   >someone to HEAR you properly.   
   >   
   >If *I* can't hear someone, the other person almost always was using a cell   
   phone.   
      
   This.   
      
   Cell phones are notoriously unreliable. (*)   
   Note: Maybe they work OK in large metro urban areas, but in the semi-rural   
   areas in which I live and spend my time, nuh uh.   
      
   *Real* landlines - actual Western Electric equipment - are unbearably reliable.   
      
   VOIP landlines (like I have) are pretty damn reliable, as long as your   
   Internet service is up.   
      
   Cell phones - amazing they work at all.   
      
   (*) I actually put this (this = the idea that cell phones are solid and   
   reliable and always work) in the "things you see on movies or TV that   
   aren't true in real life, but many people believe they are" category.   
      
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