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Gen Z is bringing back landline phones because they think they look ‘cool’: ‘I love to twirl the cord’ (nypost.com)

submitted 7 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 15 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Is everyone here talking about corded handsets when they say landline?

In my country landline doesn't exist anymore. Now you need to plug a handset into your modem for VoIP. Landline was the direct copper circuit in the ground. You can't bring back a technology that has been decommissioned. That's like saying Gen Z is bringing back the 2G mobile network.

[–] Dublin112@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

For the most part, I believe in the US at least, that land lines are all VOIP but still referred to land lines because they are hardwired at a set location. Similar to how the internet was on dial up, DSL and fiber but it's all called the Internet.

[–] crashoverride@lemmy.world -1 points 7 months ago

That is def not the case