got rid of my land line
Got rid of my land line back in 2008, I figured having a land line and a cell phone was redundant. I have not missed it. My smart phone has a wifi calling feature that will use the wifi connection when connected to a router and I also have unlimited calls to the United States using skype for $2.99, I mostly use that for outbound calls when I am at home.
The whole at&t monopoly story is interesting, at&t had a monopoly and the government broke them up, when I was growing up, the phone company here was Southwestern Bell. Then a while back, the phone companies started merging again, and now at&t is probably just as big as it was before the break up. They don't have a monopoly anymore though since you can get phone service through most cable companies, and cell phone service is much more popular. Even when you get land line service now through companies like at&t or verizon, I don't think it's using phone service like it used to work. It uses VOIP instead, at least at&t u-verse does.
Mike[this post was last edited: 12/17/2017-19:56]