[themartorana]

Also anyone over 60 or so (super generalization) wants a landline. For evidence I give you my mother, my in-laws, and several parents of friends. Said friends, like me, would switch their parents to Google Fiber in a hot minute with or without their consent. So a landline offering makes sense, as without it, there's a sticking point. This helps make it more frictionless.

[mikestew]

> Also anyone over 60 or so (super generalization) wants a landline.

It is a super generalization, as you say, but I question the accuracy. I'm not saying you're wrong, but I don't know that you're right. For opposing anecdata, I present my parents who recently gave up their landline while in their 70s. Granted, Mom was debugging IBM 370 core dumps before you were (likely) born, but there ya go. What I have not done is survey their friends and neighbors, or if they're are an anomaly.

However, one thing that might push even the elderly to getting rid of the landline is phone spam. It's the reason my parents gave me. Granted, cell phones aren't immune, but they are more protected.

Me, 60 isn't that far off, but we gave up our land line years ago. But I'm also commenting on HN. :-)

[ascagnel_]

I think it's more of a network effect. That phone number has been given out for years, and all their friends and family have it. They'd have to get a second cell phone or use a service like Google Voice to make use of it beyond a landline, so it's logistically easier to just keep it as a landline number.

[Johnny555]

I think most people in their 60's will be long gone before they have a chance to buy cheap gigabit fiber with phone service (whether from Google or another provider).