Landline phones still can send or receive text messages. Why?
Phones in Norway can send and receive messages. Phones without screens use a text to voice service or an internet site to get the message through. Sending messages on such a phone can be very complicated. You can use the internet to send the message (not complicated) but to send it via your phone means typing the message blind, waiting for the system to read it back to you and then confirm the sending ect.
Using my situation as an example: I’m perfectly happy not sending text messages via land line because it’s easier and more efficient for me to do it via the various internet means to which my computer (which is about 15 feet away from my phone) gives me access. I’m very used to and comfortable with using my keyboard as opposed to a touch tone key pad for texting. Also, a lot of people who have land lines also have cell phones which they can use at home anyway. However, I can see where it would be a good backup system in case your PC crashes or you don’t have one at all. Given the room that home use provides for larger format phones I can see where a text/video capable instrument would be more desirable. It would also be useful to those who don’t have cell (mobile) phones and I’m sure that both of them would appreciate it. 😉 Having worked in telephone communications for 35 years I know that AT&T, Verizon, etc. have the technology to implement that feature but I guess for now they don’t
