Re: Customer-friendly word for "landline"

[Bill Swallow <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Given the 6th grade level (is this modern 6th grade or 6th grade per
readability studies?) I'd say "regular telephone" or "traditional
telephone" might be best.

This reminds me of one of the Braggart games on I'm Sorry I Haven't A
Clue where the comedians took turns bragging about their new cell
phones.

"My phone is hand-free, where you don't have to have any hands at all."
"My phone rings a person and brings them directly to me."
"Funny you should say that, because mine sends them away very quickly."
"My new phone actually plugs into my house!"

On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 5:33 PM, Combs, Richard
<richard -dot- combs -at- polycom -dot- com> wrote:
> Brian -dot- Henderson -at- mitchell1 -dot- com wrote:
>
>> As ugly as they are, it seems to me that the closest thing to a legitimate
>> word for a non-wireless phone is wireline, or wired phone.
>
> John said his target is "6th-grade understanding." My guess is that "landline" is closer to that target than "wireline" or "wired," but it would take a survey to be sure.
>
> One of the problems with "wireline" or "wired" is that most landline phones are cordless these days, and people think of the handset as the phone, not the base station that actually _is_ wired.

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