I had the pleasure of using a real landline just before the pandemic. Honest wire-to-wire connection between two ranches, so no silly VOIP steps between.
It was fantastic.
You don't appreciate how much latency is destroying our ability to communicate verbally until you go back to the old way.
One example is arguing. It's no wonder people used to be able to argue with one another on a telephone. You could raise your voice and still hear the other side and adjust your speech in real time. Today it's just one party shouting over the other to drown the opponent out.
It was fantastic.
You don't appreciate how much latency is destroying our ability to communicate verbally until you go back to the old way.
One example is arguing. It's no wonder people used to be able to argue with one another on a telephone. You could raise your voice and still hear the other side and adjust your speech in real time. Today it's just one party shouting over the other to drown the opponent out.