Landline Telephone Day

Pick up the phone! The day the landline is calling, and it wants to know what you got for the number 10 in your math exercise. Remember when you had to to leave your phone at home? Or when your crush calls, but your brother picks up the phone first and reveals your secret? Or when you know you have memorized the number of your best friend? Celebrated on the anniversary of Alexander Graham Bell's great invention, Landline Telephone Day on March 10 remembers the golden age of the landline in all its glory and makes a strong case for its reapplication.

What is a Landline Telephone?

Nowadays, we can easily make phone calls on mobile devices but this was not always the case.

In the past, to do this, we needed to use a landline.

A landline phone is a telephone that uses metal wires or fiber optic telephone lines for transmission.

In contrast, the cell phones we know and love use radio waves for transmission.

The terminology of landlines has changed a bit over the years. It is now commonly used to refer to a home telephone with a fixed line.

While using mobile phones is easy, landlines have several advantages:

• Landlines are more reliable and don't drop signal.
• Landlines do not need to be charged daily.
• The reception on landlines is consistent and clear.

A Glimpse into Home Telecom’s Historical Roots

Today we want to celebrate Home Telecom's commitment and long history in the field of telecommunications. People these days can't remember a time when phones didn't exist. Most people attribute this to a handful of national companies that briefly helped propel the United States. However, these national companies focus on providing services to high population centers rather than rural areas. In the past, towns and small communities were not the focus of corporate phone companies. This is where Home Telecom was born.

 In 1904, Mr. R.O. Winter and five other investors had bought and installed six telephone lines in the Moncks Corner area. There's no money to earn and they don't even have an office, but it's a community service they're focused on providing to help the small town grow and flourish. During six years, with the installation of the telephone, the demand for the telephone increased, thus forming the St. John.

After R.O. Winter passed in 1916, the St. John was sold to the local electricity company Home Telecom. However, in 1939, R.O. Winter's widow, Mary Briscoe, bought the company and changed its name to the Family Telephone Company.

In 1947, Mary sold the company for S.S. “Shellie” Helmly and Thelma, her son-in-law and daughter. Across the United States, the postwar boom greatly increased demand for telephone service, which prompted Shellie and Thelma to entice their sons, Robert and Dozier, into the business. The two began managing the company in 1962 and improved the global telecommunications system in the local community.

Expanding its service to Cable Television in 1981, Home Telecom has always strived to bring to the local community the most cutting-edge technology. That's why in 1995 they started making Internet available to households, an incredible five years before one-third of the US population had access to internet services.

Nowadays, Home Telecom is extended with William S. Helmly, son of Robert Helmly Sr, as Chairman and CEO. Home Telecom has continued to grow, providing top-rated services to the local community, including security surveillance, gigabit internet, application-based video services, and voice over IP. Home Telecom continues to fulfill its commitment to innovation and community service.

History of Landline Telephone Day

The anniversary of the invention of the landline telephone, which was first successfully tested today in 1876. 141 years ago, Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Bell were invented the first telephone call in the Bell house.

However, since the invention of the telephone, landlines gradually fell out of favor. Mobile phones have become an important role of daily life and many people have changed landlines to mobile phones insteadly. However, doing so makes sense. Landlines are limited to the building in which they are installed, while cell phones can go anywhere the owner wants. Cell phones are essential when away from home to receive important messages, so why pay extra for a phone restricted to one place? According to a 2015 study by the CDC, 47.4% of households only use cell phones.

Cell phones offer a number of benefits. One is the ability to converse without a word being uttered. Texting has overtaken phone calls as the most common form of communication in many developed countries. However, despite the benefits of texting, the importance of a phone call cannot be overlooked. Unable to interpret the tone of the message, it is difficult to distinguish between serious statements and sarcastic comments. Texting can also become insensitive. When talking to someone, it is more attention on the conversation than sending short messages in the middle of doing other things.

How to celebrate Landline Telephone Day

• See how many numbers you can remember

911 doesn't count. I bet you remember your childhood home phone number, how about your best friends, or even your lover?

• Calling someone who still has a landline

And tell them congratulations for celebrating Landline Telephone Day all year round. It will most likely be a grandparent or elderly relative, in which case you should call them to say hello!

• Throw your cell phone into the water

Okay, you don't have to go overboard, but try to reduce the amount of time you spend on your phone that isn't absolutely necessary. You will be surprised how interesting life can be without it.