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Why on Earth WOULDN'T you want to do this? Next you'll be wondering why there's a VHS player in my glovebox.

It’s basically just a number keyboard and a headset. The call is still going through your cell service and will only work where you have reception.

Nostalgia. We had a single pulse-dialing rotary phone for the whole family when I was young.

“You're fired. You're fired! You're fucking fired, Bob! Clean out your locker at the club, Bob. You're fucking fired! I'm talking about 40 million fucking Deutschmark here, Bob. 40 million fucking Deutschmark! I told you to wire the money to Geneva last week. I say Geneva, you hear Helsinki, huh?! 40 million fucking Deutschmark, Bob!”

1989 apparently

Yes. Sigh. I’m just started, though. Eventually I’ll probably ‘feel’ my way into it, not having an engineer in the family. Thanks!

On an "embedded systems news" site, yes 100%.

this question in this sub

Is it well enough recognized to not once mention what it means in an article that relies on some one knowing what it is to understand?

It’s no NASA. That’s for sure

It let's the WEF turn off your refrigerator if you've used too much carbon

People think this is weird, and it is. But it’s also a huge scare for old people that only have a landline. In really remote areas that only have copper service with ancient technology, that’s their only lifeline. And some lowlife dicks actually use these kinds of things to scam old people. I dealt with the public utilities folks in northern New England and this stuff happens. The phone line infrastructure in the remote areas is beyond ancient. Shitty monopoly phone companies take over for one another and just gouge people for shitty service. Fairpoint and Consolidated Communications are two recent ones that do this. Rates raise and service never improves. Any time it rains thousands of people have issues with noise on the line or no service at all.

So you can call the police and ask them to arrest you for being a smart arse

Absolutely nothing special nor needed

Which one, IoT? It's a pretty well-recognized acronym.

What’s a “landline”?

That's the thing: You decide. 😊

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Remember the cars that had phones built into them and how cool they were? Yeah…. That ended.

My first thought exactly, But why?

When will articles stop using obscure acronyms in the title?

I was fought you only use acronyms when writing. After the full name has been spelled out atleast once.

Yep!

Is it rotary dial compatible?

Finally! The people have been asking for this for years. I can't wait to get mine!

WHAT YEAR IS IT