From retro fun to safer conversations, old-school home phones are helping families rethink how children connect with friends.

If you still have a landline telephone, then you may be old enough to remember smelly phone booths and the rotary dial. That is one finding from a surprisingly deep trove of research on the ...

Still have your old cordless phone? It could be the only thing keeping you connected to the world in the event of massive mobile network outages.

A landline doesn't work by wirelessly communicating with cell phone towers, the way that your smartphone does. Nope, it uses the ancient technique of metallic cables—in AT&T's case, copper ...

AT&T is moving forward with a plan to eliminate its traditional landline service here in Michigan and across the US. The loss of copper-wired phone service could present challenges for some people.

AT&T is pushing to get rid of its legacy copper landline services and instead replace them with advanced fiber optic networks. But not everyone is on board with getting rid of their landline.

AT &T says fewer than 5% of households are served by cooper based landline phones. Even so, local leaders like West Hollywood Mayor John Erickson is fighting for his constituents to keep their ...

Telecommunications giant AT&T, stymied last year by regulators in its bid to drop land-line service to California customers, ...

Newer home phone lines, like AT&T Phone, rely on Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP, which connects phones via the internet rather than a wire.