[pixl97]

>but I assumed that what is being referred as a 'land line' today is really a VoIP home phone.

That does bring a few interesting questions. Does a land line count as a

1. Copper pair from the telephone company, or other fully dedicated digital service?

2. Hybrid service, such as VoIP to a provided CPE such as service commonly provided by cable companies?

3. VoIP only services that can be run on any compatible wired or wireless device?

Number 1 is going away as fast as possible, and just about everyone wants the service to go away too, it is massively expensive to operate from a value proposition. There are a few users who do rely on its ability to keep working under failure conditions such as mass power outages and that equipment using it has been around quite some time and is well tested.

Number 2 is the most common new rollout I see the work environments I am around. The cable company offers service at less than half the cost of the telco here. No long distance fees and fast provisioning have lead to massive migration from businesses looking at reducing communications costs and consolidating their communications billing by one invoice or more.