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land line

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landline

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(Telecommunications) a telecommunications wire or cable laid over land
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Noun1.land line - a telephone line that travels over terrestrial circuits; "a land line can be wire or fiber optics or microwave"
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Answer: they called them "dummy numbers" that are made from abroad and mimic land line numbers.
The control Room of Rescue 1122 at District Mardan can be contacted through land line number 0937-9230771 Fax Number 0937-9230771 and incharge Ijaz Bahadar 0314-9800321, District Swat can be contacted through land line number 0946-9240249 fax Number 0946-9240249 and incharge
While talking to APP official of NTC said, The clear voice quality and smooth connectivity especially in case of emergency or in special days when the mobile phone services are suspended, the effectiveness of land line has no match.
What worries the couple now is that the latest threat came from someone who knew the number of their home land line, which was installed six months ago, said Dona Policar, the columnist's wife and editor in chief of another tabloid, Bandera.
According to a report by the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, the number of land line subscriptions has reached 6.1 million up from 6.5 million, with an increase of 400,000 new subscriptions.
The first phase of the project will involve the rehabilitation of eight Ogero branches in order to provide services to land line and mobile customers.
The Anthony's Convenient Land Line System enables its users to freely move about a home while engaging in conversation.
'Calls to India are available at 4.7 fils per minute; to the US at five fils per minute and to the UK starting at 2.75 fils per minute for a land line and 15 fils per minute for a mobile,' he said.
Millions of people have also cut down on dry cleaning, cut back or canceled cable television service, stopped buying their morning coffee at a coffee shop, changed or canceled their cell phone service, increased usage of carpooling or mass transit, and canceled their telephone land line service, according to the Internet-based market research firm's poll.
An hour or so after they left Varna I answered a phone call on the land line.
I chucked my expensive land line and signed up for digital "Voice over Internet Protocol" (VoIP) service.