On Fri, 20 Aug 2010, Mike Miller wrote: >> I have not had a telephone line for longer than that. I would say the >> telephone is long dead as well. > > I don't know what you mean. Telephone as on POTS, not cellular, is > "long dead"? I got rid of mine in about 2003, but strangely, I just got > back into it because I'm sick and tired of my cell phone (Sprint) not > working in my house. So now I'm using VoIP. With Google Voice helping > out, I think I might drop the cell phone and save $75/mo. I can still > have a handheld device that takes photos/videos, does WiFi, etc., all > for $0/month. I should add that as far as I know, changes in my use of technology have nothing to do with government regulations, just changes in availability of new technologies to replace the old ones. Mike