Impulsive wrote:
My mom used to use this outdated communication app called the 'landline telephone'.
My parents still use the landline a lot. I don't think it's bad, it's nice to have a single number that anyone who's home can answer. If my grandparents ring, they can't care who they speak to in the house, they just want to speak to someone and get a message across. I'll be able to repeat it at dinnertime anyway. Besides, if you have to pay line rental for internet anyway (reeeee virgin media fags), it's probably cheaper than getting a mobile phone. I get as much spam calls on my mobile as the landline does, in both cases you just never pick up.
I won't be getting a landline as a student of course, because it just doesn't make sense. But as a family living in a house? It makes a lot of sense to have a phone number for the family, not each individual member.