<p>Why would you need a landline?</p>
<p>Perhaps because you live in one of the parts of the country that have no towers whatsoever. [Wired</a> 12.02: The Quiet Zone](<a href=“http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.02/quiet.html]Wired”>The Quiet Zone | WIRED) A couple of years ago we went to Green Bank to see the radio telescopes, and the only service our cell phones received within miles of there were very weak analog signals - and we had to be at the top of a mountain to even get those. Happykid still has a “Quiet Zone” T-shirt from that trip.</p>