N8N wrote:
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...Verizon ...
... Why *don't* more people just cancel their land
lines? (I know why my parents don't, they live too far out in the
country to get cable. Otherwise...)

Because the land line _IS_ more reliable. Does she have backup
generator to keep the cell charged during power outages, for example?

I'd never consider eliminating the land line in a rural area, meself...

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