A growing cohort of parents are looking back to their own childhoods for a lower-tech alternative to smartphones.

As more parents try to limit their children’s screen time and keep them offline for as long as possible, many are turning back the clock — swapping smartphones for classic 1980s-style landlines. Amber ...

We’ve all been there: Someone calls your cell phone and wants to have a long heart-to-heart, so you tell them to call back on a landline to save voice minutes or to get a better signal. Plantronics ...

Can this ancient tech actually make a comeback? Nowadays, with the reliance on cell phones — landlines seem like ancient technology. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in 2023 ...

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 ...

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BINGHAMTON — AT&T recently announced a plan to end landline phone services nationwide by 2029. This change could impact millions of people across New York State still using landlines. Endicott ...

Remember the days of anxiously waiting for your sibling to get off the landline so you could take your turn? Of racking up your parents' phone bill just to talk to your friend for hours about… God ...