Landlines have practically reached the status of urban legend among many Americans today. According to the most recent estimates from the National Center for Health Statistics, about 73 percent of American adults in 2022 lived in households where there were only wireless phones.
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.
NEW YORK (AP) — When her cellphone s service went down this week because of an AT&T network outage, Bernice Hudson didn t panic. She just called the people she wanted to