landline
Wired home telephone
A landline is a telephone connected by physical wires, as opposed to a mobile phone.
The term emerged as cell phones became dominant, retroactively naming what had simply been "the phone": Do you have a landline, or just your cell?
Landlines are associated with home phones, older technology, and reliability during emergencies when cellular networks fail.
Graduated circular indicator
- receiverOne who accepts transmission
- handsetHeld telephone component
- cordedBound or ribbed
- ringtonePhone's incoming call sound
rotary · touch-tone · operator · directory · payphone · extension · hold · pickup
Contact by phone
- conversationExchange of spoken ideas
- voiceSound from throat
- messageTransmitted communication
- connectJoin or link
long-distance · transmit · exchange · signal · network · subscriber · telephony · telecom
Reddish-brown metallic element
- cableHeavy-duty woven line
- wiredElectrically connected or jittery
- utilityFunctional worth or purpose
- installationProcess of putting in
buried · overhead · circuit · DSL · ADSL · broadband · modem · router
Worthy of trust
- stableSecure and unchanging
- consistentNot varying or contradicting
- secureProtected from harm
- clearWithout obstruction or fog
uninterrupted · emergency · 911 · always-on · trustworthy · backup
Numbered spinning phone input
dial
Graduated circular indicator
ringtone · rotary · touch-tone · operator · directory · payphone · extension · hold · pickup · hang-up
call
Contact by phone
- conversationExchange of spoken ideas
- voiceSound from throat
- messageTransmitted communication
connect · long-distance · transmit · exchange · signal · network · subscriber · telephony · telecom · three-way
copper
Reddish-brown metallic element
installation · buried · overhead · circuit · DSL · ADSL · broadband · modem · router · connectivity
dependable
Worthy of trust
- stableSecure and unchanging
- consistentNot varying or contradicting
- secureProtected from harm
clear · uninterrupted · emergency · 911 · always-on · trustworthy · backup
rotary-dial
Numbered spinning phone input
- communication methodsradio, television, text, telegraph, postal system
- telecommunicationscell phone, cellphone, signals, cellular network, antennas
- telephonycall, dial tone, phone lines, dial, phone booth
- Analog Eratypewriter, rotary phone, record player, phonograph, turntable
- communication devicesphone, cellphone, cell phone, mobile phone, cordless phone
- obsolete techfloppy disk, VHS, dial-up modem, cassette tape, floppy disks
landlinemobile phone
Portable wireless telephone
cell phone · cellular phone · cellphone · mobile · smartphone
landlinesmartphone
Handheld connected computer
cell phone · iPhone · mobile device · VoIP
landlinewireless
Untethered signal transmission
cellular · mobile network · satellite phone · cellular network
- landline phonesWired household communication devices