For years, getting rid of the home phone was almost a rite of passage.

Why pay for two phone services when everyone already had a mobile phone in their pocket?

Millions of households disconnected their landlines and never looked back.

At the time, it made perfect sense.

But something interesting has happened over the past several years.

Some families are beginning to ask a question they never expected to ask:

"Should we get our landline back?"

Not because mobile phones don't work.

Because they've become so much more than phones.

Today's smartphones are remarkable.

They're cameras.

Maps.

Gaming devices.

Social media platforms.

Streaming televisions.

Shopping tools.

Banking devices.

Personal assistants.

And, almost as an afterthought...

They still make phone calls.

For many people, that's exactly what makes smartphones so valuable.

For others, especially parents, it has created an unexpected challenge.

More parents are asking a different question today.

"How can my child call home without carrying unrestricted access to social media, games, and the internet everywhere they go?"

A home phone solves that problem surprisingly well.

Children can call home.

Call grandparents.

Talk with friends.

Parents can always reach the house.

Without placing another smartphone into a child's hands before the family believes they're ready.

Sometimes the simplest solution is still a good one.

When many people hear the word landline, they picture the old telephone company and copper wires running to the house.

In reality, today's home phone services come in several forms.

Many use your home's internet connection through Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology.

Others use the mobile network to provide home phone service.

Some systems even combine internet and cellular technologies, automatically switching between them when appropriate.

The important thing is this:

The copper wires may be gone, but the comfort of a home phone remains.

One of the pleasant surprises for many people is that you may not have to buy new telephones.

Many landline home phone services allow you to plug your existing telephones directly into the adapter they provide.

That means the cordless phone sitting in a closet, the kitchen phone you packed away years ago, or even that old rotary phone you've been saving can often go right back into service.

Sometimes bringing back a landline is as simple as dusting off the phone you already own.

For some families, reconnecting a home phone is a little nostalgic.

For others, it's surprisingly practical.

Either way, there's something satisfying about hearing a familiar telephone ring again—especially when it's one you thought you'd never use again.

A dedicated household phone can still make sense for many people.

• You want a permanent household phone number.
• You work from home.
• You have children who need telephone access but not smartphones.
• You have older family members who prefer a traditional telephone.
• You like having one number the whole family recognizes.
• You simply miss the convenience of a home phone.
• You want another communication tool in addition to your mobile phones.

A landline isn't about replacing your mobile phone.

It's about adding another communication tool to your home.

Should everyone get a landline again?

No.

For many people, a mobile phone is all they'll ever need.

But for others, adding a modern home phone may solve problems they didn't realize had solutions.

Sometimes the best technology isn't the newest.

Sometimes it's the technology that best fits the way your family lives.

For most of my career, families came into the store asking one question:

"Should we get rid of our landline?"

Today, every once in a while, I hear the opposite.

"Should we get it back?"

I never thought I'd see that happen.

But after watching communications evolve for more than forty years, I've learned something.

Technology doesn't always move in a straight line.

Sometimes we embrace something new...

...and years later realize we left behind something that still had value.

The home phone isn't making a comeback because smartphones failed.

It's making a quiet return because some families are discovering they still appreciate having a phone that's simply...

A phone.

Helping people make smart buying decisions has never been about recommending the newest technology.

It's about helping people choose the technology that fits the way they actually live.

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