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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div dir="auto">Around here in Florida no new construction has a landline or the infrastructure to support it.<br><br>My only option is internet based phone service. I use magicJack as my home phone service. Clearly displayed on the lock screen of my cell phone is my home phone number in case I get separated from the phone. The person that finds it can call that number and reach me at home.<br><br>When my niece got married 4 years ago I bought her and her husband a Panasonic Bluetooth phone system for their home. The unit doesn't require home phone lines it pairs with two cell phones and even uploads the contacts. It came with four handsets that you could distribute around the house so you didn't have to drag your cell phone everywhere. <br><br>They stuck it in the attic and never opened the box. They've since moved from that house and perhaps it's still there.<br><br>It even supported Siri for voice dialing but they didn't care about it they were not going to have phones in their home. I found out later on that it was pretty much her husband's decision not hers. <br><br><br><br></div><div dir="auto"><div class='k9mail-signature'>-- <br>Drew King<br><br></div></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="auto">On February 23, 2024 5:54:27 PM EST, Stan Rose via LCTG <lctg@lists.toku.us> wrote:</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Funny because just this morning I heard on TV that landlines are beginning to make a comeback because GenZ thinks they are neat!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I always thought of landlines as meaning a copper wire POTS line, but AT&T, which provides the local landline service here in Charlotte, won’t give you a POTS line anymore. My POTS line broke a couple months ago and they told me they weren’t supporting or fixing them anymore because they want everyone who has one to move to Internet/IP service. So, is an Internet/IP phone still a “landline” or a “home line”? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I actually wish I had a POTS line so I don’t lose service when I have an Internet or power outage. Unfortunately, cell service from all three carriers is terrible on my street so I need a booster that works off of my Internet service. So, when I lose Internet, I lose both the landline and service.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Stan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> LCTG <lctg-bounces+rosesta=gmail.com@lists.toku.us> <b>On Behalf Of </b>carllazarus--- via LCTG<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 23, 2024 5:36 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Lex Computer Group' <lctg@lists.toku.us><br><b>Subject:</b> [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] FW: Realtor Makes Horror Realization While Selling House to Gen Z Buyer<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Realtor found his Gen Z client doesn’t have a concept of a landline.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/realtors-horror-realization-gen-z-buyer-1870723">https://www.newsweek.com/realtors-horror-realization-gen-z-buyer-1870723</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">-- Carl<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Carl Lazarus<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">H: 617-964-7241<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="mailto:carllazarus@comcast.net">carllazarus@comcast.net</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></blockquote></div></body></html>