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2. Landline - Wikipedia

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   In many countries, landline service has not been readily available to most people. In some countries in Africa, the rise in cell phones has outpaced growth in landline service. Between 1998 and 2008, Africa added only 2.4 million landlines. [5] In contrast, between 2000 and 2008, cell phone use rose from fewer than 2 in 100 people to 33 out of ...

3. Who still owns a landline phone? You might be surprised at ...

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   Fewer than one-quarter of Americans still have landlines. More than three-quarters of Americans live in homes without landlines: 76% of adults and 87% of children, as of the end of 2023, according ...

4. Landlines may seem obsolete, but people in these states pick ...

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   Today, many may consider landline phones obsolete. However, this legacy technology remains a staple in households across the country, influenced in part by geography.

5. History of the telephone in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The telephone played a major communications role in American history from the 1876 publication of its first patent by Alexander Graham Bell onward. In the 20th century the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) dominated the telecommunication market as the at times largest company in the world, until it was broken up in 1982 and replaced by a system of competitors.

6. History of the telephone - Wikipedia

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   Previous telephones required the user to operate a separate switch to connect either the voice or the bell. With the new kind, the user was less likely to leave the phone "off the hook". In phones connected to magneto exchanges, the bell, induction coil, battery, and magneto were in a separate bell box called a "ringer box". In phones connected ...

7. AT&T to eliminate copper wire phone lines to most users. Who ...

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   AT&T plans to eliminate its traditional landline phone service across nearly all U.S. states in its service area by 2029, according to an official announcement. The telecom company has said its ...