A group of parents is delaying smartphones for their children, instead giving them landline phones to stay connected safely.

Some families in New York City are reconnecting their landline phones as parents look for new ways to help kids unplug from ...

Tin Can, the "landline" for kids, got 100 times its normal call volume on Christmas. It crashed. Kids were upset. Now, it's ...

“Parents should delay children’s entry into round-the-clock internet access by giving only basic phones (phones with limited ...

If you've been through one of the massive mobile network outages, then you've seen how it left you stranded without one of your most critical lines of access to the world for hours. If your smartphone ...

If you still have a landline telephone, then you may be old enough to remember smelly phone booths and the rotary dial. That is one finding from a surprisingly deep trove of research on the ...

Editor's note: This segment was rebroadcast on Oct. 22, 2024. Click here for that audio. Landlines, for some, are ancient history. But for others, they’re still part of the present for various reasons ...

Some residents and businesses in southeast Denver were without landline phone service for more than a week, leaving many ...

Customers who have been using AT&T mobile services for years may be in for a surprise in 2026 as prices start slowly ...