If you are one of the dwindling few still holding onto your home landline telephone, then this call is for you.

如果你是仍在用固定电话的少数人中的一员的话，那么这个电话就是为你而生。

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So, when I recently returned home to Burlington, Vermont, I got rid of my cell phone and traded in an old, rusty bike for a regular landline telephone that is connected to the wall and everything.

所以，最近回到佛蒙特州伯灵顿家中之后，我收起手机，用一辆旧得锈迹斑斑的自行车换来一部固定电话，把它接上，一切就都搞定了。

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Vonage, a us company, offers a service in which customers have standard phones but make calls through VOIP - though they still need a landline for the basic telephone connection.

美国Vonage公司的用户可以通过一般的电话拨打VOIP电话-尽管仍需要固定电话进行基本的通话转接。

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There are good parts of the world where there simply never will be a universal landline telephone network.

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