Why You Should Love Smart Phones

[Don M.]

That's bad news for those of us in rural areas, with no alternatives to the old copper network. Last year Verizon sold off the copper network in our area to Frontier Communications. So far, so good, nothing's changed. Frontier does have horrible customer service, but then so did Verizon. :shrug:

The old copper land lines were installed decades ago, in most places, and many areas are experiencing decreased phone service due to the age of the infrastructure, and lack of maintenance, etc. That, coupled with the popularity of cell phones almost insures that the days of traditional land lines are numbered. We, too, live in a very rural area, and our local electrical co-op came through the area a year ago, and installed fiber optics service. We now get phone, TV, and Internet which is far superior to what we had previously, and at a nicely reduced cost. We also subscribe to basic cell phone service via Tracfone, but only use that when we are away from the house, in case something happens, or the kids need to get in touch. Pay phones have all but disappeared, so a person needs to have some means of staying in contact.