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 ...

(WHTM)– If you have older parents, chances are they still use an old school landline phone, but that’s about to change, whether they want to or not. Richard Slater’s landline doesn’t work. “Hi this is ...

While landline phones seem like a long-lost relic from an era of rotary dials and busy signals, their very singular purpose has started to appeal again in our smartphone-fatigued moment. The lack of ...

In today’s world, communication is largely done through one of two methods: smartphones or social media. Young children, however, rarely have access to either—and experts say they shouldn’t have any ...

It was 6 p.m. on a school night, and 10-year-old Wanda was talking on the phone with a friend. It would have been an unremarkable scene if not for the phone itself: a retro-style black contraption ...

For many seniors and those in rural areas of the state of Arizona, a landline is more than just a phone, it’s a lifeline. But recently, some Let ABC15 Know viewers have been left without service, ...

Kids can finally communicate just like you did "back in your day." By Danielle Directo-Meston E-Commerce Editor If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our ...

Looking around at the ubiquitous proliferation of wireless smartphones, it’s easy to assume that the classic wired “landline” phone on a copper loop (thank you, Alexander Graham Bell and others) is a ...

SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. — It’s 2008, and the landline phone should have been made obsolete by now. But thanks to wireless carriers like AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon and their ilk, cell phone service ...