Strypey<p>Speaking of landlines;</p><p>"... the Commerce Commission is taking One NZ to court, alleging a failure to 'inform and protect' vulnerable customers by ensuring they're told how to call 111 during a power cut.</p><p>Telecommunications Commissioner Tristan Gilbertson said a number of New Zealanders still relied on landlines and had no alternative if they stopped working."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/LeonardPowell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeonardPowell</span></a>, 2024</p><p><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/media-technology/515424/time-running-out-for-nz-s-copper-phone-network" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rnz.co.nz/news/media-technolog</span><span class="invisible">y/515424/time-running-out-for-nz-s-copper-phone-network</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Telecommunications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Telecommunications</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/LandLines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandLines</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/POTS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POTS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/EmergencyServices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmergencyServices</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/CommerceCommission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommerceCommission</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cloudisland.nz/@airshipper" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>airshipper</span></a></span></p>
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DoomsdaysCW<p>Some pointers from "The Eye of Every Storm - <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Anarchist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anarchist</span></a> Response to Hurricane Helene"</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CrimethInc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrimethInc</span></a>, 2024-11-13</p><p>"At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30 inches of rainfall over two days when an unnamed storm collided with Hurricane Helene over the mountains of Southern Appalachia. The resulting catastrophe laid waste to the entire region. At a time when <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a>, rising <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a>, and disasters exacerbated by industrially-produced climate change are creating a feedback loop of escalating crisis, it’s crucial to understand <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DisasterResponse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DisasterResponse</span></a> as an integral part of community defense and strategize about how this can play a part in movements for liberation. In the following reflection, a local anarchist involved in longstanding disaster response efforts in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Appalachia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Appalachia</span></a> recounts the lessons that they have learned over the past six weeks and offers advice about how to prepare for the disasters to come.</p><p>"The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration estimated that Hurricane Helene poured 40 trillion gallons of water on the region. This caused an estimated 1800 landslides; it damaged over 160 municipal water and sewer systems, at least 6000 miles of roads, more than 1000 bridges and culverts, and an estimated 126,000 homes. There have been over 230 confirmed deaths across six states with many still missing.</p><p>"The entire region was completely cut off from the outside world for a day or more, with all major roads shut down by landslides, collapsed bridges, and downed trees. Water, power, internet and cell service all went down within hours of the hurricane arriving, and remained down for days or, in some areas, weeks. There are still communities that will likely not have electricity for another three months because the roads that the power company would use no longer exist. Six weeks into this disaster, there are still tens of thousands of people who lack access to drinkable water. Not only have thousands of homes been wiped off the map—in many cases, the land they rested on no longer exists. Massive landslides have scoured canyons 30 feet deep, exposing bedrock that has not seen the light of day for tens of thousands of years. The torrential floods moved so much earth and caused so many rivers to change course that scientists have designated the hurricane a 'geological event.'</p><p>"In response, a beautiful web of mutual aid networks has emerged, saving countless lives by bringing in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EssentialSupplies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EssentialSupplies</span></a>, providing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MedicalCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MedicalCare</span></a>, setting up neighborhood <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterDistribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterDistribution</span></a> centers, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarChargingStations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarChargingStations</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SatelliteInternetHubs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SatelliteInternetHubs</span></a>, free <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/kitchens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kitchens</span></a>, free <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/childcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>childcare</span></a>, and more. Name a need and there are folks out here who have self-organized to meet it. We share these lessons we have learned in hopes of helping others to prepare for similar situations, aiming to increase our capacity to build autonomous infrastructure for the long haul. </p><p>Start Preparing Now</p><p>"There is no time like the present to get organized.</p><p>"Our mutual aid group has been around for almost eight years. Within 72 hours of the floodwaters receding, we had a functioning mutual aid hub and were mobilizing folks to check on missing people and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChainsawCrews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChainsawCrews</span></a> to cut people out of their homes and open up roads. We were only able to do these things because we had already put in the work in our community to build the trust and relationships that are so vital in times of crisis.</p><p>"While we are a small group, we have an extensive network of friends and allies that has grown throughout years of smaller-scale mutual aid and organizing efforts. The best way to prepare for a disaster is not to stockpile supplies, but to build trust in your community and nurture a healthy web of relationships. The best way to accomplish this is to start doing mutual aid projects in your community before an acute crisis arises. This will give you practice operating as a group and organizing logistics, and it will also connect you with others you wouldn’t otherwise meet and show them that they can count on you. Because of the work we had already put in, when the crisis hit, people turned to us and spread the word that we are a good group to funnel supplies and money through. You can only build that kind of reputation by putting in the work now.</p><p>Communications</p><p>"One of the biggest initial challenges we faced was that most means of communication went offline for between 24 hours and several weeks, depending on where you lived. That includes <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/landlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landlines</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CellPhones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CellPhones</span></a>, and internet. We can’t stress enough the importance of having multiple back-up options in place to be ready for a situation like this. First of all, make sure you have a place and time established in advance where folks know they can find each other in the event of a disaster. This is probably a good idea even if communications don’t go offline—nothing beats face-to-face communication.</p><p>"Satellite internet was invaluable during the first couple of weeks. For some particularly hard-hit communities, it remains the only means of communication six weeks into this disaster. Unfortunately, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starlink</span></a>, which is owned by the white supremacist Elon Musk, has proven to be the most useful and the easiest to set up in a disaster scenario. We know from past experience that he is eager to suppress social movements that use his companies’ services. There are other companies that provide satellite internet, but it tends to be slower, with significant data limits. These are generally not mobile systems and would be challenging to set up in the middle of a disaster.</p><p>"Don’t forget that you will need a source of electricity such as a generator or solar power to make satellite internet work.</p><p>"Radios, especially ham radios, are another important means of communication that should be arranged in advance with people who already know how to use them. Our mountainous terrain limits the distance that radios can broadcast, but it would still have been helpful if we had possessed ham radios.</p><p>Getting Organized</p><p>"Grassroots disaster relief is no longer the exclusive province of church groups and small bands of autonomous mutual aid groups. The notion has gone mainstream since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, when so many people discovered that their neighbors were all they had to count on. At this point, well-organized and well-resourced groups of every stripe are prepared to mobilize quickly—from reactionary right-leaning groups like the Cajun Navy and to networks of volunteer helicopter pilots, not to mention radical groups like Mutual Aid Disaster Relief. Beyond these specific groups, more people understand how to self-organize now. Within three to five days of the flood waters receding, you couldn’t drive more than ten minutes without running into a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DIY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DIY</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReliefHub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReliefHub</span></a> or water station in someone’s front yard, church, or gas station parking lot. It would not be an overstatement to say that within a week, western North Carolina had the highest concentration of four-wheelers, all-terrain vehicles, and dirt bikes in the world, as people poured in from all over the South and beyond to help with search and rescue and to get supplies out to cut-off communities.</p><p>"Most of these hubs were truly <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/grassroots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grassroots</span></a>, with no formal organization behind them. This is an overwhelmingly positive development, but it does not come without challenges. The chief problems were redundancy of effort and lack of coordination between relief hubs, road clearing crews, and people doing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SupplyRuns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupplyRuns</span></a>, search and rescue, and wellness checks. The sooner you can develop relationships and good communication systems with other hubs, the better, so you won’t have to be constantly reinventing the wheel.</p><p>"Creating an intake system for incoming volunteers and arranging for people to coordinate them is a huge piece of the puzzle. We had to turn away many offers of help in the first few weeks because we didn’t have a good system in place for fielding newcomers, especially those from out of town, nor could we guarantee that we could plug them into a project on any given day if they just showed up, despite the fact that there was always a mountain of work to do. Connecting volunteers to communities and individual homes that need medical care, mucking, gutting, and repairs requires an enormous amount of legwork on your part, not to mention building trust between you and the residents. You would do well to have someone in your group that has a deep love of spreadsheets."</p><p>Full article:<br><a href="https://crimethinc.com/2024/11/13/after-the-hurricane-anarchist-disaster-response-in-appalachia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">crimethinc.com/2024/11/13/afte</span><span class="invisible">r-the-hurricane-anarchist-disaster-response-in-appalachia</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MutualAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MutualAid</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Preparedness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Preparedness</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BuildingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BuildingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CommunityPreparedness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityPreparedness</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CommunityDefense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityDefense</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Polycrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Polycrisis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HamRadios" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HamRadios</span></a></p>
Charlie McHenry<p>I’m old enough to remember ‘party lines’. My very first phone number as a kid (and now I’m really dating myself) was Kimberly 72297, shortened to KI-72297. <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/Telecommunications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Telecommunications</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/telephones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>telephones</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/ATandT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ATandT</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/Landlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Landlines</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/Telecom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Telecom</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/TelecomIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TelecomIndustry</span></a> </p><p>From: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@knittingknots2" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>knittingknots2</span></a></span><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/@knittingknots2/113772012964687691" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mstdn.social/@knittingknots2/1</span><span class="invisible">13772012964687691</span></a></p>
Bruce MacDonald<p>Copper thefts in Minnesota's capital city stymie landline havers.</p><p>“I don’t carry my cell phone with me like the young people do,” she said. “I’m older and I have landline phones all over the house.”<br><a href="https://www.twincities.com/2024/11/27/copper-wire-thefts-leave-centurylink-landline-customers-in-st-paul-without-phone-service-for-weeks/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">twincities.com/2024/11/27/copp</span><span class="invisible">er-wire-thefts-leave-centurylink-landline-customers-in-st-paul-without-phone-service-for-weeks/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/CopperThefts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CopperThefts</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/landlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landlines</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Minnesota</span></a></p>
Damkina<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/polls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polls</span></a> in this election are a joke. Who are the pollsters contacting and how? Even 60+ year olds no longer have <a href="https://mas.to/tags/landlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landlines</span></a>. They’re using the same 100 people to answer their questions…</p>
Soh Kam Yung<p>A serious landline disruption, when even emergency numbers were down.</p><p>"A Singtel disruption on Tuesday (Oct 8) afternoon silenced landlines across Singapore, affecting emergency hotlines 999 and 995 as well as other essential services that rely on fixed voice services."</p><p><a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/commentary/singtel-landline-outage-emergency-hotlines-down-importance-relevance-snap-insight-4665621" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">channelnewsasia.com/commentary</span><span class="invisible">/singtel-landline-outage-emergency-hotlines-down-importance-relevance-snap-insight-4665621</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Singapore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Singapore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Services" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Services</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Disruptions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disruptions</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Telephones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Telephones</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/LandLines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandLines</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Emergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Emergency</span></a></p>
Tracy Rosenberg<p>" You’re not getting a lot of people saying, hey, this is a great idea,” he observed. “The only people probably happy today is PG&E because it’s got them off the front page with their rate hikes, and now everyone’s thinking, AT&T.” <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Landlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Landlines</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/COLR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COLR</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Telephone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Telephone</span></a> <a href="https://kymkemp.com/2024/02/23/outcry-against-atts-bid-to-drop-landline-commitments-at-yesterdays-puc-meeting-in-ukiah/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kymkemp.com/2024/02/23/outcry-</span><span class="invisible">against-atts-bid-to-drop-landline-commitments-at-yesterdays-puc-meeting-in-ukiah/</span></a></p>
Delphi<p>Getting rid of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/landlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landlines</span></a> was insanity. When the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> goes out & you live in a poor <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>signal</span></a> area you are stranded. My <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/rosecolouredspecs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rosecolouredspecs</span></a> make me think it was better in the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/60s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>60s</span></a>/#70s when everyone knew their neighbours, we shared what we had when the power went out & had <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/telephones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>telephones</span></a> & <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/radiostations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radiostations</span></a> that were of use when there were problems.<br>I wonder how people with <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/heatpumps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heatpumps</span></a> or all <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/electric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electric</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/heating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heating</span></a> cope in long <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/outages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outages</span></a>. We have <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/stoves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stoves</span></a> as <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/rural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rural</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/services" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>services</span></a> are unreliable.</p>
AnneTheWriter<p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Cartoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cartoon</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Comic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Comic</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Humor</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/LandlinePhone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandlinePhone</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Landlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Landlines</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ATandToutage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ATandToutage</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ATToutage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ATToutage</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ATandT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ATandT</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CellPhoneOutage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CellPhoneOutage</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CellPhones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CellPhones</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/LandlineTelephone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandlineTelephone</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Landline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Landline</span></a></p>
Tracy Rosenberg<p>"“During such crises, when power outages are prevalent and cellular and VoIP services are unreliable, <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/landlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landlines</span></a> have remained the sole means of communication for <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/emergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emergency</span></a> services, medical consultations, and disaster-management efforts.” <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Telephone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Telephone</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ATT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ATT</span></a> <a href="https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/02/06/att-seeks-to-shut-down-landline-service-for-most-of-the-bay-area-much-of-california/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mercurynews.com/2024/02/06/att</span><span class="invisible">-seeks-to-shut-down-landline-service-for-most-of-the-bay-area-much-of-california/</span></a></p>
Cristin Pescosolido<p>a thread on the value of traditional copper <a href="https://yellowmustard.club/tags/landlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landlines</span></a>.</p><p>As many folks know, it is hard to get a traditional landline to your home in many areas. Some phone companies actually refuse to start new copper service to homes, insisting on fiber VOIP, which is less expensive.</p><p>Let me tell you about what happened yesterday in urban Los Angeles, right in the middle of town.</p><p>Yesterday, due to heavy rain, my neighborhood suffered a power outage. Not unsurprising, there could have been many causes</p>
Vivienne Dunstan<p>Got a leaflet with the post about coping with power cuts and registering for priority needs help (I did that, years ago). I was wryly amused at the advice to have an analogue phone to plug in if need be during a power cut. Which I don’t think will work when UK copper phone lines are turned off. My husband didn’t know about that at all. In case anyone else doesn’t here’s a helpful page. <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/how-will-the-landline-phone-switch-work-and-what-do-you-need-to-do-12951213" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.sky.com/story/how-will-th</span><span class="invisible">e-landline-phone-switch-work-and-what-do-you-need-to-do-12951213</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/phones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phones</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/landlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landlines</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/voip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voip</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/powerCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>powerCuts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/telephones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>telephones</span></a></p>
katzenberger<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>aral</span></a></span> We are no longer permitted to be <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/witnesses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>witnesses</span></a>:</p><p>"Since 27 October at about 18:00, contact with the <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> Strip has been cut off, following the shutdown of <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/landlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landlines</span></a>, <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/cellular" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cellular</span></a> and <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> services. As a result, this Flash Update contains minimal updated information about the humanitarian situation in Gaza over the past 24 hours." - <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/UN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UN</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/OCHA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OCHA</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.ochaopt.org/content/hostilities-gaza-strip-and-israel-flash-update-22" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ochaopt.org/content/hostilitie</span><span class="invisible">s-gaza-strip-and-israel-flash-update-22</span></a></p>
katzenberger<p>At least 3,195 <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Palestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinian</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a> of <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> are dead by now.</p><p>That means 157 children more, within the last 24 hours.</p><p>They do not want you to witness the killing.</p><p>"Since 27 October at about 18:00, contact with the Gaza Strip has been cut off, following the shutdown of <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/landlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landlines</span></a>, <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/cellular" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cellular</span></a> and <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> services. As a result, this Flash Update contains minimal updated information about the humanitarian situation in Gaza over the past 24 hours." - <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/UN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UN</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/OCHA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OCHA</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.ochaopt.org/content/hostilities-gaza-strip-and-israel-flash-update-22" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ochaopt.org/content/hostilitie</span><span class="invisible">s-gaza-strip-and-israel-flash-update-22</span></a></p>
jayfell<p>Just had a reminder by my broadband provider that copper wire 'traditional' landline telephones will be switched off by 2025!<br>If you need a landline you will have to switch to a voip system!<br>But remember if your electricity is cut off the voip phones won't work, unlike the 'old fashioned, unreliable' phones they replace!</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Landlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Landlines</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/CopperSwitchOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CopperSwitchOff</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/VOIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VOIP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/2025Deadline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2025Deadline</span></a></p>
ideclon<p>OK, can people please stop speaking about the "PSTN" switchoff. The PSTN is not going anywhere. POTS service is being switched off.</p><p><a href="https://tilde.zone/tags/pstnswitchoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pstnswitchoff</span></a> <a href="https://tilde.zone/tags/voip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voip</span></a> <a href="https://tilde.zone/tags/landlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landlines</span></a> <a href="https://tilde.zone/tags/landline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landline</span></a> <a href="https://tilde.zone/tags/telephones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>telephones</span></a> <a href="https://tilde.zone/tags/openreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openreach</span></a> <a href="https://tilde.zone/tags/ukphonenetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukphonenetwork</span></a> <a href="https://tilde.zone/tags/britishtelecom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>britishtelecom</span></a> <a href="https://tilde.zone/tags/bt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bt</span></a> <a href="https://tilde.zone/tags/potsswitchoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>potsswitchoff</span></a></p>
Joanne: Portobello Book Blog<p>Raynor Winn: A Walk on the Wild Side <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Landlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Landlines</span></a> | @edbookfest event | @Raynor_Winn @MichaelJBooks</p><p>One of the joys of the Edinburgh International Book Festival is attending an event where you haven't actually read anything by the author then coming away ready to read everything they have written. The event I attended on Thursday morning featuring Raynor Winn is one such example. Although I was aware of her books, for some reason I hadn't read any, something I intend to…</p><p><a href="http://portobellobookblog.com/2023/08/19/raynor-winn-a-walk-on-the-wild-side-landlines-edbookfest-event-raynor_winn-michaeljbooks/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">portobellobookblog.com/2023/08</span><span class="invisible">/19/raynor-winn-a-walk-on-the-wild-side-landlines-edbookfest-event-raynor_winn-michaeljbooks/</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GossiTheDog</span></a></span> This is espechally a problem since <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Accessibility</span></a> for <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MobilePhones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobilePhones</span></a> is way worse than for <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Landlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Landlines</span></a> - and don't even get me started on <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Touchscreens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Touchscreens</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TTS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TTS</span></a>! </p><p>Whereas I'm convinced most <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blind</span></a> people that use phones can dial emergency services on a regular Touchtone keypad and even abled people can do it... </p><p>I mean those boxes are like €50 and a desktop GSM phone is like €100 with battery for WEEKS (!!!) of standby and DAYS of calling time...</p>
ClairF<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/amreading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amreading</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/readingthisweekend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>readingthisweekend</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> Reading my first Raynor Winn book, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Landlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Landlines</span></a>. Maybe it's being away from home (I left the UK 20+ years ago) or maybe it is all the time I spent hiking on the moors with my late dad, but the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/pennineway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pennineway</span></a> and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/peakdistrict" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peakdistrict</span></a> chapters are really affecting me (in a good way 😊). Especially parts like this (see photo) remind me of the good people of home and how accessible the peaks can be 😍 <a href="https://mas.to/tags/hikingadventures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hikingadventures</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/hikingformentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hikingformentalhealth</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/hikingforall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hikingforall</span></a></p>
Murdo Eason<p>intersections</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/landscape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landscape</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/cloudscape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cloudscape</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/landlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landlines</span></a></p>
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