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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14764385/Minister-elderly-switched-safely-digital-landlines.html
Safety alarms used by elderly and vulnerable to call for help
may not work when telephone landlines switch over to digital,
minister admits
. . .
Just marvy ...
Likely some other kind of tech can fill in,
eventually. But in the MEANWHILE .......
Admittedly hard-wired land-lines are EXPENSIVE
to maintain. Every company in the USA and beyond
are trying to force an end to them. My own
land-line bill has doubled in the past few years.
BUT, land-lines DO have some advantages, esp in
disaster situations, so I'm gonna KEEP it for as
long as possible.
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