LAN?? This is about landlines, not LAN.

@@sl4983 oh telecommunications .. carries phone, fax, internet. nothing more secure or inexpensive.

Maybe a satellite phone could be the answer ? Land lines are still the best option when used for a Fire alarm system and in a commercial building with two lines being used in redundancy being the best practice.

@@kbob2396 Yep, Starlink could be an option.

Maybe it's their way of getting people out of the rural areas.

Not maybe, it IS! Not only do they want to bring people out of the rural areas and into the smart cities, they want everybody on smartphones where they can be tracked and listened to. It's all apart Agenda 21 and 2030 where... "we will owe nothing and be happy" according to the WEF and Klaus Schwab. Please wake up, we are at War!

Satellite

Lol

My internet has been down in so sac for days this week and many days last month and the month before that I’m sick of att

@@LaChelle1962 Xfinity is down as well

@@LaChelle1962 My internet has never had a problem but I just don't think they should stop providing landline telephone service.

I don't know where you are, but the cell sites I have worked on had batteries.

And others too?

???? Cell phones are encrypted with IPSec. It was only the old analog phones that weren't and they've been gone for years.

@@James_Knott Privacy over airwaves? Are you a James Clapper fan, maybe?

@@1SAM007 No, just stating fact. VoLTE, on 4G and VoNR on 5G are essentially VoIP that's encrypted with IPSec. Even 2G & 3G phones had encryption. Only 1G analog cell phones could be easily intercepted. On the other hand, even when I was a kid, I used to clip onto our phone line to listen. BTW, I have spent the best part of 50 years working in the telecom industry and have worked with analog, TDM digital and IP phone systems and have also done some work on cell sites.

Correct! POTS has been in use since the 1800's, proven history. There are many areas in Humboldt County where there is no or very poor quality cell phone service. Variety of reasons, geography, only one working cell tower (no backup), no power for long periods of time (earthquakes, wildfires, and so on), only landlines work during those times, cell phones can't be charged. Older and/or disabled people cannot use cell phones. No Satellite service in many areas, or does not reach many homes, or too expensive. Other counties in Calif have similar issues.

What does veganism have to do with cell phones? Also, payphones disappeared because there was so little business for them, with most people using cell phones.

@@James_Knott My citing lifestyle veganism (as well as dietary) meant trying to live a life without use of animals as much as possible. Dairy derived casein glue and animal cholesterol are used in smartphones' LCD screens’ liquid crystals. The glue such as used in phones contains gelatin which comes from cow hooves and cartilage and / or from pigs. Mobile phones’ batteries and adhesives are animal derived. Some mobile phones’ covers are made with leather, which is cow derived. Some phone software uses animal products in their testing. Some materials have come from tropical rainforests and cause other environmental harm. Cellphone tower radiation harms birds, sparrows, bees, bats, white storks and more. Wireless radiation from cellphone towers disrupts birds’ navigation skills, causing them to lose direction and leading them away from their colonies. Long-term EMF radiation exposure at close ranges on roofs has damaging effects on immune system and nervous system of bird species. Birds have thin eco-skeletons penetrated easily by cellphone towers’ microwave radiation, making them lethargic, sick and incapable of foraging. Prolonged microwave radiation exposure reduces birds’ activity levels, making them less alert and more vulnerable to predators’ attacks. I knew payphones are used less often than they used to be, but I consider that no reason to make them as rare as they now are. They are sometimes still a very important option for some people to have.

@@shiroibasketshoes Well, I guess you'd better get yourself a tinfoil hat, to protect against all that radiation. As for payphones, are you expecting those companies to provide a service that will always lose them money? That's why they're disappearing. There's no need for them, other than by drug dealers. Same with traditional phone lines. More and more people have cell phones and don't see the point in spending money on a home phone. I have a home phone only because it's including with my TV and Internet bundle. I don't pay separate for it. Also, how do you know animal products aren't used in traditional telephones? Or the computer you use to access the Internet? Etc.?

Your analogy is faulty.

Let’s bring back horses as a way for transportation in small areas . I don’t have to have a poop bag like dog owners .

No it doesn't

Why should she have to

Yeah, because it'll still work when the power goes out or there's been a Cyber attack.

@@bigd7780 exactly, lol

You don't like this country?

@@sl4983 No one like this country son. you just like the land. Regardless of what happens. Mexico will always be here on this land. You people will not.

@@ignaciovarga3162 Oh okay, we see what you people really think

@@ignaciovarga3162 God said absolutely nothing about Mexico, so get off your high horse "son", and drop the arrogance.

@@sl4983 that's right! So there for the very existence of Mexicans debunks the Bible. Matter of fact your bible could not create an accurate calendar and your bible told you that the earth was flat! If it wasn't for your people bumping into Mexico you guys would still be in the dark ages crapping all over the place and eating stew.