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  • Fallen And Can't Get Up ? You're SCREWED in the UK

    From c186282@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jun 3 22:18:30 2025
    XPost: alt.politics.uk, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh

    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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  • From Siri Cruz@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jun 3 19:36:18 2025
    XPost: alt.politics.uk, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh

    On 3/6/25 19:18, c186282 wrote:
    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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