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The Other Castro
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« on: September 03, 2016, 10:23:14 AM »

With landlines one has an obsolescent technology. If something were to take out the landline grid, then it would not be rebuilt except for highly-specialized purposes. Prime example: after the Second Gulf War that took out the Iraqi telephone structure, the Kurds in the autonomous (and effectively independent, anti-fascist part of Iraq) went practically 100% cellular. Such was cheaper, safer, and more reliable than land lines.  Reliance upon demographics wedded to some obsolete technology implies a distorted sample.

Normal consumer use is not one of those specialized uses. Reliance on landlines will soon be as obsolete as using pre-recorded VHS tapes for entertainment.

Wireless technology is never more reliable. Landlines are the way to go for quality and reliability. They are not obsolete yet and will not be obsolete for many years to come, if ever.


Notice any problems here?

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The Other Castro
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« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2016, 10:46:48 AM »

I am talking about quality and reliability. I don't have a landline phone at home, because reliability and quality isn't as important for households. It is important for businesses and will remain in use there.

It is vital for the military and government and will never be abandoned.


Regardless of whatever uses it still has, it is simply an illegitimate practice for a pollster to only call landlines and pretend that it has conducted something worthy of being called a reputable poll. Unless the poll is specifically being done to demonstrate the dangers in landline-only polling (which even then of course should not be treated in averages like a standard poll), it should be covered with so much salt that you can't even see it anymore.
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