The ’90s called, they want their phones back.

• Gen Z’s nostalgia for the early 2000s is sparking a revival of landline phones, seen as a retro-chic escape from the digital age.

• Influenced by '90s and 2000s TV shows, young adults like Nicole Randone and Sam Casper embrace landlines for their vintage appeal.

• Urban Outfitters capitalizes on Gen Z’s love for nostalgia by selling retro items like landline phones alongside fashion trends from the '90s and 2000s.

  • @Municipal0379English
    1•9 months ago

    No, no they’re not. ATT just applied to the state of California so they can quit laying new copper.

    • Norah - She/TheyEnglish
      1•9 months ago

      Pretty much everywhere with fibre in Australia has had the copper ripped up. You can still get a landline over the fibre network, there’s just a RJ11 port on the network termination device. You can even run a cable from it to one of the old wall jacks and every other one in the house will work. Plug any old landline phone in just fine.

    • @Rapidcreek
      -1•9 months ago

      They don’t have to apply. They have right of way.

      • quicklime
        2•9 months ago

        I thought I read yesterday that they had just filed an application to be released from the legal obligation to maintain and update their landline infrastructure in the state.

        • @Rapidcreek
          1•9 months ago

          Not unusual for operators to not pull maintenance on certain parts of plant. This happens when the area that they are serving has had a disaster and net usage has diminished. So, they have to notify the PUC that they are going to delay further work.