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Five years ago, my wife, Judy, who’s a realtor, had a similar experience to the one written up in Newsweek. She was showing an up-to-date condo to a family, when the 14-year-old girl shouted, “What’s <i><b>this</b></i>?” <div><br></div><div>It was a wall phone.</div><div><br></div><div>Judy didn’t contact any journalists.</div><div>Maybe she should have.</div><div><br></div><div> Mike Alexander</div><div><br></div><div><br><br><br><br><br><p class="yahoo-quoted-begin" style="font-size: 15px; color: #715FFA; padding-top: 15px; margin-top: 0">On Friday, February 23, 2024, 8:31 PM, carllazarus--- via LCTG <lctg@lists.toku.us> wrote:</p><blockquote class="iosymail"><div id="yiv7875871599"><style><!--
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--></style><div><div class="yiv7875871599WordSection1"><p class="yiv7875871599MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">I haven’t had a POTs line in many years, but I consider my Comcast Internet phone service to be a landline. Maybe we should talk of home phones and personal phones.</span></p><p class="yiv7875871599MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Fortunately, I do have good cellular service from Verizon. Although Comcast keeps telling me I would save money by switching to their cellular service, I like the idea of having two very separate phone carriers for reliability. It is a belt-and-suspenders philosophy.</span></p><p class="yiv7875871599MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">-- Carl</span></p><p class="yiv7875871599MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span></p><div id="yiv7875871599yqt64188" class="yiv7875871599yqt5377472436"><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;"><p class="yiv7875871599MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"> rosesta@gmail.com <rosesta@gmail.com> <br clear="none"><b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 23, 2024 5:54 PM<br clear="none"><b>To:</b> carllazarus@comcast.net; 'Lex Computer Group' <lctg@lists.toku.us><br clear="none"><b>Subject:</b> RE: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] FW: Realtor Makes Horror Realization While Selling House to Gen Z Buyer</span></p></div></div><p class="yiv7875871599MsoNormal"> </p><p class="yiv7875871599MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family: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!</span></p><p class="yiv7875871599MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="yiv7875871599MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family: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”? </span></p><p class="yiv7875871599MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="yiv7875871599MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family: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.</span></p><p class="yiv7875871599MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="yiv7875871599MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">Stan</span></p><p class="yiv7875871599MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"> </span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;"><p class="yiv7875871599MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"> LCTG <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:lctg-bounces+rosesta=gmail.com@lists.toku.us" target="_blank" href="mailto:lctg-bounces+rosesta=gmail.com@lists.toku.us">lctg-bounces+rosesta=gmail.com@lists.toku.us</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>carllazarus--- via LCTG<br clear="none"><b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 23, 2024 5:36 PM<br clear="none"><b>To:</b> 'Lex Computer Group' <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us" target="_blank" href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>><br clear="none"><b>Subject:</b> [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] FW: Realtor Makes Horror Realization While Selling House to Gen Z Buyer</span></p></div></div><p class="yiv7875871599MsoNormal"> </p><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;"><p class="yiv7875871599MsoNormal"><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:sans-serif;"></span></p></div><div><p class="yiv7875871599MsoNormal"><br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.newsweek.com/realtors-horror-realization-gen-z-buyer-1870723">https://www.newsweek.com/realtors-horror-realization-gen-z-buyer-1870723</a></p><p class="yiv7875871599MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="yiv7875871599MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">-- Carl</span></p></div><p class="yiv7875871599MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="yiv7875871599MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Carl Lazarus</span></p><p class="yiv7875871599MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">H: 617-964-7241</span></p><p class="yiv7875871599MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:carllazarus@comcast.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:carllazarus@comcast.net">carllazarus@comcast.net</a></span></p></div><p class="yiv7875871599MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="yiv7875871599MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span></p></div></div></div><div class="yqt5377472436" id="yqt16926">===============================================<br clear="none">::The Lexington Computer and Technology Group Mailing List::<br clear="none">Reply goes to sender only; Reply All to send to list.<br clear="none">Send to the list: <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:LCTG@lists.toku.us" href="mailto:LCTG@lists.toku.us">LCTG@lists.toku.us</a> Message archives: <a shape="rect" href="http://lists.toku.us/pipermail/lctg-toku.us/" target="_blank">http://lists.toku.us/pipermail/lctg-toku.us/</a><br clear="none">To subscribe: email <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:lctg-subscribe@toku.us" href="mailto:lctg-subscribe@toku.us">lctg-subscribe@toku.us</a> To unsubscribe: email <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us" href="mailto:lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us">lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us</a><br clear="none">Future and Past meeting information: <a shape="rect" href="http://LCTG.toku.us" target="_blank">http://LCTG.toku.us</a><br clear="none">List information: <a shape="rect" href="http://lists.toku.us/listinfo.cgi/lctg-toku.us" target="_blank">http://lists.toku.us/listinfo.cgi/lctg-toku.us</a><br clear="none">This message was sent to <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:mna.ma@yahoo.com." href="mailto:mna.ma@yahoo.com.">mna.ma@yahoo.com.</a><br clear="none">Set your list options: <a shape="rect" href="http://lists.toku.us/options.cgi/lctg-toku.us/mna.ma@yahoo.com" target="_blank">http://lists.toku.us/options.cgi/lctg-toku.us/mna.ma@yahoo.com</a><br clear="none"></div><blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></div>
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