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Landlines Being Phased Out

(Dallas, TX) The lifespan of the landline phone is fading fast.

An industry trade group predicts by the end of this year, just 25 percent of homes will have a wired phone as people switch to cellphones and internet services.

AT&T wants to turn off its copper network by the end of the decade because copper wiring is becoming too expensive to replace.