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by cpsns 1255 days ago
Yes, but it’s probably not a landline in the way most people think. Almost all those services use voip backends now with only the last mile being copper.
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Exactly! And especially if it's provided by a cable ISP. It's just VoIP. Maybe with some QoS on their network and battery backup.

It's not a real circuit-switched network with its own power supply like traditional POTS service.

Well that's unfortunate.