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Only about a quarter of Americans even have a landline, leaving communications systems vulnerable to wireless service disruptions.

Only about a quarter of Americans even have a landline, leaving communications systems vulnerable to wireless service disruptions.

NEW YORK (AP) — When her cellphones service went down this week because of an AT&T network outage, Bernice Hudson didnt panic. She just called the people she wanted to

When some peoples cellphone service went down for a while because of an AT&T network outage, among the alternatives suggested were using landlines. But according to the most recent estimates

Only about a quarter of Americans even have a landline, leaving communications systems vulnerable to wireless service disruptions.

Only about a quarter of Americans even have a landline, leaving communications systems vulnerable to wireless service disruptions.

Only about a quarter of Americans even have a landline, leaving communications systems vulnerable to wireless service disruptions.

In an increasingly digital United States, they're more and more a remnant of a time gone by.

If this week’s crippling AT&T network outage showed anything, it’s that landlines have practically reached urban legend status in today’s America. Most cut the cord long ago.

Only about a quarter of Americans even have a landline, leaving communications systems vulnerable to wireless service disruptions.