But Slater is a disabled resident of a retirement home, and says his old flip phone has terrible reception in his room. “A lot of contacts with doctors and hospitals,” Slater said. Slater says the ...

In a time when landline phones have become nearly as archaic as pagers ... But McKeigue said this was more of a problem in past years. "Now, calling has become so cheap, it isn't so much a factor, but ...

The Iowa Clinic and UnityPoint also reported problems with inbound calls. The Polk County Emergency Management Agency said the ability to reach 911 by landline phones was impacted. Polk County EMA ...

FILE - A landline phone (Photo by Bernd Weißbrod/picture alliance via Getty Images) If you’ve ever wondered how many people still keep a landline phone in their home, the U.S. Centers for ...

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 ...

It seems like the landline phone is going the way of the dinosaur, and could face extinction at some point. According to data compiled by the National Center for Health Statistics, 72.6% of adults ...

As a result, 40% of us have stopped using a landline phone altogether ... 27% of us said we were using it less. One common problem is calls from scammers and salesmen. Nearly a quarter of us ...

But now they're having landline service problems again ... ago I just checked it and there's no dial tone or nothing on the phones," Beard added. They say they're left with more questions ...

Having spent 30+ years in residential construction, contracting, remodeling, maintenance and home repair, Deane now contributes DIY, informational and financial content as a freelance writer and ...