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minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 days agoWhere 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.
minus-squareidegenszavak@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-210 days agoGlobal peak was around 2006, 2001 in the developed world: In 2009, The Economist wrote “At current rates the last landline in America will be disconnected sometime in 2025.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landline
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 days ago 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.
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.
Global peak was around 2006, 2001 in the developed world:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landline
That’s wild. There are probably a lot less than we think. I’d bet most businesses are on VOIP now.