The landline a dying species

Is the landline becoming yesterday’s technology?

By Shawn Cumberbatch

shawncumberbatch@nationnews.com

Reprinted from the Barbados Nation

In the Barbadian household the landline was once a precious thing. If you didn’t have one, getting a phone call at a neighbour’s house was the thing to do. In some districts this is still the case, largely because of economic reasons.

But in many instances the advent of the mobile phone, and access to the internet, has changed all of this. So much so that there are some Barbadians who do not have a landline service at home. They find it more convenient, even if not more affordable, to communicate via their cell phones.

And this communication often does not involve verbal conversations, but some form of messaging, such as