In these days when expectations are falling like leaves in a hurricane, one thing we DO take for granted is staying connected.
And there are so many ways: facebook, twitter, email, cell phones, tapping into the DOD communications satellite.
Who could survive a day without contact from a friend, or a dozen friends, or even people you dislike but love to mock (virtually). Who could survive a sudden lack of intel on the latest Hungarian recipes of national security interest?
Not me. And that's why I keep my Land Line.
Yes, I have an old-fashioned phone connected by wires to other phones. Well, actually, it's connected to computers these days, but gosh darn it, the connections to those digital boxes are good old copper wires. Unless they are fiber optics, but who doesn't like light?
Wait, you say? How can I keep connected using puny Land Lines? Where's the Magic in that, Jack?
Easy - when that bored geek somewhere decides to launch a denial of service attack on every major connectivity service on the internet, just for kicks and possibly his masters thesis, I can pick up my Land Line and call someone and ask 'What's Up?'
I'll probably be calling tech support. Possibly the very geek that crashed the net. What could be more connected than that?
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Haha! I've got a landline too, connected to wires coming out of the wall. Can you believe it? These things will become novelty items in the not too distant future.
Have just read a couple of articles, but looks like a nice blog you've got going here!
I may be mistaken, but I think most people still get their broadband via DSL, which depends on land lines. As soon as cable or satellite or perhaps some other little known tech takes over that role, land lines will fade into history. Will anyone notice?
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