{"id":15379,"date":"2024-08-02T11:38:51","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T09:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/02\/the-hunt-for-a-missing-date-the-numbers-ill-never-forget-well-never-match-the-magic-of-a-landline-viv-groskop\/"},"modified":"2024-08-02T11:38:51","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T09:38:51","slug":"the-hunt-for-a-missing-date-the-numbers-ill-never-forget-well-never-match-the-magic-of-a-landline-viv-groskop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/02\/the-hunt-for-a-missing-date-the-numbers-ill-never-forget-well-never-match-the-magic-of-a-landline-viv-groskop\/","title":{"rendered":"The hunt for a missing date, the numbers I\u2019ll never forget: we\u2019ll never match the magic of a landline | Viv Groskop"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fewer than half of British households now have a home phone \u2013 and we will lose something precious when they\u2019re gone<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

When was the last time you called someone on their landline? Probably not recently according to new data that shows that, for the first time ever, most households in the UK no longer have a home phone. The number of households with landlines dipped below half to 47% this year<\/a>, according to Ofcom\u2019s annual technology tracker. Four-fifths of the 65-plus age group still use landlines. But only 16% of under-25s own one.<\/p>\n

This is an inevitability, and maybe not such a terrible one. But anyone who remembers life before both mobiles and the internet knows that we have lost something strangely precious. At its most basic, the death of the landline is about the assertion of the control of the individual and about our tyrannical, casual expectation of full personalisation at all times. A mobile phone is something I could never have imagined even existing as a child, let alone owning: a personal<\/em> phone that you can take everywhere with you. A phone that no one else is allowed to answer without your permission. You are the only one who talks on it. It\u2019s your private device. Imagine. Whereas a landline \u2026 Well, that was a call anyone could answer \u2013 and usually you wouldn\u2019t even know who was calling. If you\u2019re under 30, this might sound deeply suspect. Nowadays we react to the idea that \u201cit could be anyone\u201d <\/em>calling with horror. Once upon a time, it was a thrill.<\/p>\n

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\nFewer than half of British households now have a home phone \u2013 and we will lose something precious when they\u2019re gone<\/p>\n

When was the last time you called someone on their landline? Probably not recently according to new data that shows that, for the first time ever, most households in the UK no longer have a home phone. The number of households with landlines dipped below half to 47% this year, according to Ofcom\u2019s annual technology tracker. Four-fifths of the 65-plus age group still use landlines. But only 16% of under-25s own one.
\nThis is an inevitability, and maybe not such a terrible one. But anyone who remembers life before both mobiles and the internet knows that we have lost something strangely precious. At its most basic, the death of the landline is about the assertion of the control of the individual and about our tyrannical, casual expectation of full personalisation at all times. A mobile phone is something I could never have imagined even existing as a child, let alone owning: a personal phone that you can take everywhere with you. A phone that no one else is allowed to answer without your permission. You are the only one who talks on it. It\u2019s your private device. Imagine. Whereas a landline \u2026 Well, that was a call anyone could answer \u2013 and usually you wouldn\u2019t even know who was calling. If you\u2019re under 30, this might sound deeply suspect. Nowadays we react to the idea that \u201cit could be anyone\u201d calling with horror. Once upon a time, it was a thrill. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fewer than half of British households now have a home phone \u2013 and we will lose something precious when they\u2019re gone When was the last time you called someone on their landline? Probably not recently according to new data that shows that, for the first time ever, most households in the UK no longer have …<\/p>\n

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