Bye Bye Bell

My dad has worked for a local telephone company in East Tennessee for almost 30 years. He's still got a few years until retirment. I used to think maybe the land-line telephone companies were going to make it at least until his retirement.

I doubt it now.

Almost weekly there is some news or new technology that puts us a little closer to unimitied, universal, FREE phonecalls... from anywhere to anywhere. Good thing my dad is the DSL expert... that at least has got a few years left in it.

As for the land telephone, I'm not sure why I still pay $35 per month for a system that only lets me call from my house, and extra charges if I call anyone outside of a 30 mile radius. Kinda silly these days.