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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I use US Mobile which is a reseller of a reseller from Verizon. I don't travel overseas, so that's not an issue for me. I also don't need my phone for a hotspot. I use Comcast for my"land line". In a power outage I get some benefit from my battery backup/UPS. And yes, I have read about true POTS land lines making a comeback with Gen-Z. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">-- Bob Primak </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div><br></div>
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On Friday, February 23, 2024 at 10:47:16 PM EST, Michael Alexander via LCTG <lctg@lists.toku.us> wrote:
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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 style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b>this</b></i>?” <div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br clear="none"></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">It was a wall phone.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br clear="none"></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Judy didn’t contact any journalists.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Maybe she should have.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br clear="none"></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Mike Alexander</div><div style=""><br clear="none"><div id="ydp8bebecfayiv9223974065yqt65835" class="ydp8bebecfayiv9223974065yqt6460520232" style=""><p style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(113, 95, 250); padding-top: 15px; margin-top: 0px;" class="ydp8bebecfayiv9223974065yahoo-quoted-begin">On Friday, February 23, 2024, 8:31 PM, carllazarus--- via LCTG <lctg@lists.toku.us> wrote:</p><blockquote class="ydp8bebecfayiv9223974065iosymail" style=""><div id="ydp8bebecfayiv9223974065" style=""><div class="ydp8bebecfayiv9223974065WordSection1" style=""><p class="ydp8bebecfayiv9223974065MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><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="ydp8bebecfayiv9223974065MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><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="ydp8bebecfayiv9223974065MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">-- Carl</span></p><p class="ydp8bebecfayiv9223974065MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span></p><div id="ydp8bebecfayiv9223974065yqt64188" class="ydp8bebecfayiv9223974065yqt5377472436" style=""><div style=""><div style="border-right: none; border-bottom: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-top: 1pt solid rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0in 0in;"><div style=""><font face="sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><b>(etc.)</b></span></font></div></div></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-right: none; border-bottom: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-top: 1pt solid rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0in 0in;"><p class="ydp8bebecfayiv9223974065MsoNormal"><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 style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><p class="ydp8bebecfayiv9223974065MsoNormal"><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://www.newsweek.com/realtors-horror-realization-gen-z-buyer-1870723" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.newsweek.com/realtors-horror-realization-gen-z-buyer-1870723</a></p><p class="ydp8bebecfayiv9223974065MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span></p><div><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">-- Carl</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></div></div><p class="ydp8bebecfayiv9223974065MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Carl Lazarus</span></p><p class="ydp8bebecfayiv9223974065MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">H: 617-964-7241</span></p><p class="ydp8bebecfayiv9223974065MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:carllazarus@comcast.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">carllazarus@comcast.net</a></span></p></div><p class="ydp8bebecfayiv9223974065MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="ydp8bebecfayiv9223974065MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span></p></div></div><div id="ydp8bebecfayiv9223974065yqt16926" class="ydp8bebecfayiv9223974065yqt5377472436" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">===============================================<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" href="mailto:LCTG@lists.toku.us" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LCTG@lists.toku.us</a> Message archives: <a shape="rect" href="http://lists.toku.us/pipermail/lctg-toku.us/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://lists.toku.us/pipermail/lctg-toku.us/</a><br clear="none">To subscribe: email <a shape="rect" href="mailto:lctg-subscribe@toku.us" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">lctg-subscribe@toku.us</a> To unsubscribe: email <a shape="rect" href="mailto:lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us</a><br clear="none">Future and Past meeting information: <a shape="rect" href="http://LCTG.toku.us" rel="nofollow" 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" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://lists.toku.us/listinfo.cgi/lctg-toku.us</a><br clear="none">This message was sent to <a shape="rect" href="mailto:mna.ma@yahoo.com." rel="nofollow" target="_blank">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" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://lists.toku.us/options.cgi/lctg-toku.us/mna.ma@yahoo.com</a><br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></blockquote></blockquote></div></div>
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