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    USA TODAY‏Verified account @USATODAY 18 Jul 2017

    Are landline phones dying out?pic.twitter.com/SJ8QB7UBCx

    9:15 AM - 18 Jul 2017
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      2. Daddy Shark  🦈 Doodoo-Doodoodoodoo‏ @thewillcotton 18 Jul 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        You should always have a landline for emergencies….cant understand why people are completely getting rid of them

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      3. Alexander‏ @mmafootball81 18 Jul 2017
        Replying to @thewillcotton @USATODAY

        Are you serious? I can't understand why anyone in this connected world feels the need to have a landline , waste

        3 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Daddy Shark  🦈 Doodoo-Doodoodoodoo‏ @thewillcotton 18 Jul 2017
        Replying to @mmafootball81 @USATODAY

        You do know during natural disasters cell networks will be down and useless, right?

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Joanna‏ @castlesburning 18 Jul 2017
        Replying to @thewillcotton @mmafootball81 @USATODAY

        In this sort of scenario, landlines would also be down.

        3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Alexander‏ @mmafootball81 18 Jul 2017
        Replying to @castlesburning @thewillcotton @USATODAY

        pic.twitter.com/kuB6ndk1cH

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      7. Daddy Shark  🦈 Doodoo-Doodoodoodoo‏ @thewillcotton 18 Jul 2017
        Replying to @mmafootball81 @castlesburning @USATODAY

        Dont worry, Both u guys can use my landline when cell network goes down lol I won’t even charge u

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      8. Alexander‏ @mmafootball81 18 Jul 2017
        Replying to @thewillcotton @castlesburning @USATODAY

        Hey I think we are lost , glad we brought our landline with us... ( said no one ever)!

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      9. Daddy Shark  🦈 Doodoo-Doodoodoodoo‏ @thewillcotton 18 Jul 2017
        Replying to @mmafootball81 @castlesburning @USATODAY

        https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/18/your-money/weighing-the-need-for-a-landline-in-a-cellphone-world.html …

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      1. Sally Bentley‏ @bentleysally133 18 Jul 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        Use can't afford both with & food, rent, utilities, clothes, car, insurance, medicine& health care with the cost of living up & wages down🙀

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      1. David Scholl‏ @devildad12 18 Jul 2017
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        Going to continue dying out as long as #robocalls allowed to run rampant.

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      1. CLOCPA‏ @clocpa 18 Jul 2017
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        I'm actually surprised there were 46%...I thought that number would be less.

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      1. CHITOWNTILIDIE‏ @chitowntilidie 18 Jul 2017
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        Only broke mfs who can't afford both have gotten rid of theirs. I'm keeping mine just in case

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      1. Serapio Garcia‏ @Juan_MoTime 18 Jul 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        For now. Once laser wars start & satellites are made ineffective, landlines will make a booming comeback.

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      1. John San Juan‏ @JohnSanJuan10 18 Jul 2017
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        Landline Phone is too expensive, as $200!

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      1. TheAverageChuck‏ @average_chuck 18 Jul 2017
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        I'm a landline lover. Give me a good rotary dial.

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