What happened? The companies that manipulated us into more “tech” drove away our right to have a landline, a phone that works regardless of weather conditions. The landline wiring is still in our condo. When I called Verizon, or Xfinity or whoever the mega-corporation is billing us for our “phone” use: they’ll discourage a landline, say it’s not available anymore, or charge an exorbitant amount for it monthly, or make it for our local calling area only.
Why is that? The state needs to have its own landline utility. Right? Why not? Why were we coerced into having electronics when we never asked for them? We never wanted them. Why are we being overcharged for a basic necessity like a working landline? The wiring is still there, but they don’t want us to have access? We paid years and years and years for future “tech” in our phone bills, remember? Where did that money go? What kind of racket are they running?
Seniors like me do not want “tech” and feel it’s overpriced and over-hyped. There are places in western Massachusetts that need landlines. Many of us never wanted a cellphone, or the frequency they emit that is killing our trees and insects (and us). We didn’t need a data center for a landline, or the monstrous towers dotting our skylines. We had simple telephone poles, right?
You can do something about this. You can charge a flat monthly rate, say $10 per landline for every household in the state. The wiring is there. The state needs to provide this basic utility for every resident.
The landline is a necessity.
Trace L Hentz
Greenfield