land lines
Corded home telephones
Land lines are telephone connections that run through physical wires—copper cables strung on poles or buried underground—as opposed to wireless cellular networks.
The term emerged as mobile phones became common and a distinction was needed: Do you have a land line, or just your cell?
Land lines are associated with older technology and permanent addresses, though they remain more reliable during emergencies when cell towers fail.
- telephoneVoice communication device
- ringingSustained resonant sound
- dial toneSound indicating phone readiness
- receiverOne who accepts transmission
- phone cordCoiled wire linking handset
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land linescell phones
Wireless handheld communication devices
mobile phones · cellular phones · smartphones · cellular · satellite phones
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