I guess if you’ve still got a landline, you’re a primary target for fraudsters. After all, it’s the year 2008 and you have a landline. Fortunately, something that sounds like it’s out of a 2004 SkyMall catalog is coming to the rescue. The TrueCall device answers every call with an unknown number instantly and asks who it is. The person identifies themselves, then the system rings you and tells you. You then have the choice to talk to the person, have them leave a message, or ban them forever. If you ban them, their calls never get through again and are instantly answered with a “go away” message. Approved calls will always come through.
Apparently in an age where I have access to practically all human knowledge in the palm of my hand, an age where robots roll around on Mars, we still need someone to protect us from a boogeyman using a glorified tin can on a string.
“I guess if you’ve still got a landline, you’re a primary target for fraudsters. After all, it’s the year 2008 and you have a landline.”
*rolls eyes*
Right, because the second new technology is avaliable we should instantly and immediately abandon all current technology.
Nevermind the crap cellular reception I get in my house or the fact that a landline is a hell of a lot cheaper and more realible than a cellphone.
Plus for certain thing it is best to use a land line. For instance I never give out my credit card information unless it is over my land line phone. Cell phones are a great convenience but land lines are still cheap and come in handy.