"N8N" wrote in message
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On Aug 5, 2:30 pm, dpb wrote:
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.

It never ****ing works! She called me on her cell phone to tell me
her land line wasn't working again. Now explain to me how the land
line is more reliable.

She is a very small miniority. My phone line has only had problems once in
the last 20 years. My internet connection can't go a week without
experiencing outages. And cable? I've had cable in many homes and buildings
and I've never once found it to be reliable enough that I would trust my
telephone service to it.

YMMV...