• finitebanjo@piefed.world
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    Less people have a landline and therefor a registered phone number, but its got lots of numbers for local businesses that might be super useful.

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        Where was the peak? 90s probably? Many people were getting second lines for dial up.

        Kind of crazy to think that such a significant technology as the telephone came and died in about 200 years. Just a blip in human history.

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            In 2009, The Economist wrote “At current rates the last landline in America will be disconnected sometime in 2025.”

            That’s wild. There are probably a lot less than we think. I’d bet most businesses are on VOIP now.