AT&T outage shows how reliant US is on cell phones
Only about a quarter of Americans even have a landline, leaving communications systems vulnerable to wireless service disruptions.
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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.
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.