jonathankoren™ on Nostr: my parents exclusively had rotary phones until 2001. The last phones were hardwired ...

my parents exclusively had rotary phones until 2001. The last phones were hardwired to the wall. Not a single RJ 11 in the house until the mid 90s when I spliced in a phone jack to my bedroom for a modem.

Even in the 90s, my mom would complain about phone menus because “not everyone has touch tone phones!” (“No mom. YOU are the only person without a touch tone phone.”)

They replaced them when wire to the handset finally started to break and cause static after almost 40 years of use.