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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
Well the person apparently wants landline for telemarketers (I don't know why he would want a phone dedicated to telemarketers but hey - everyone needs a hobby). Xfinity isn't really landline anyway, it's VoIP. If the electricity cuts out in the house, so does the phone access. It is reliant on the internet to operate. On true landline, your phone still has dial-tone when the electricity cuts out.
Regardless - WiFi only and streaming YouTube TV with a Roku is a great option. That's what we did. My computer, laptop, printer, tablet, the TV in the living room and the TV in hubby's "man-cave" (workshop) all feed off the wifi signal. We also have both our cell phones set to wifi when we're home since we're on a shared data plan for our cell phone service.
He can watch golf on TV while I'm watching a movie on my computer. My hearing aids are blue-toothed to a streaming device on the computer so I can go speakerless and have full stereo surround sound in my head while watching the movie.
We haven't gone the "smart home" route - probably won't, but other than that we're totally hooked up to the internet. With no cable.
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The Xfinity he has now is a VOIP modem and even Verizon is very likely to have VOIP somewhere in the me middle.
Most VOIP modems have battery backup for power outages though they would not last as long as traditional landline service (if that even exists any more)
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