Sujet : Re: Codes sent by text message
De : bob.henson (at) *nospam* outlook.com (Bob Henson)
Groupes : comp.mobile.androidDate : 11. Mar 2024, 21:55:35
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Dave Royal wrote:
The old (self powered) analogue phone service has become known to
the public here as a 'landline' only since they had a choice (or
no choice) to replace it with what's generally called a 'digital'
phone.
Not so. You're obviously not as old as me. When I first used telephones
there were (apart from snailmail or a runner with a cleft stick) two ways
to communicate - telephones (landlines) and radio (no lines at all) - the
latter not being for the public (outbound, at least) at that time.
Telephones lines remained "landlines" until mobile phones appeared - not
that long back, in the global order of things.
-- BobTetbury, Gloucestershire, EnglandCan you be a closet claustrophobic?