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olddots

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7. i'd like to say its because of printed circuits instead of wired circuits

Reply to Stuart G (Original post)

Wed Mar 20, 2013, 02:12 PM

Mar 2013

that could be wrong but the new stuff does seem to be falling apart for many reasons .what saddens me is we take what we get now and don't complain because we have no input when everything is made by slaves over seas and or here .I used to sell electronics and at one time Panasonic gear was really dependable then about 10 years ago it became just as crappy as the junk brands.
Don't stop complaining we are not Luddites we care.

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New technology...vs..old stuff...phones.. got to share this.... [View all] Stuart G Mar 2013 OP

beacuse the old phones had less complex technology snooper2 Mar 2013 #1

Hey, you wouldn't happen to know where I could get a cover Frustratedlady Mar 2013 #6

I wouldn't know, google the model number snooper2 Mar 2013 #9

Thanks! Frustratedlady Mar 2013 #12

Quality is gone. I want my old telephones, washer, drier and dishwasher back. Frustratedlady Mar 2013 #2

CALEA warrants have nothing to do with the endpoints (phones) snooper2 Mar 2013 #8

I'm still using a wall phone I bought from AT&T when we started having sinkingfeeling Mar 2013 #3

I actually have an old Oak farm phone on my MineralMan Mar 2013 #4

My wife sews. Some of the best machines out there are Singers...from the 1930s-1960s. Romulox Mar 2013 #5

and some of the crappiest UncleYoder Mar 2013 #10

i'd like to say its because of printed circuits instead of wired circuits olddots Mar 2013 #7

Phones have a polarity. RC Mar 2013 #11

Your corporate masters whant you to buy shit. Over and over and over. It's that simple OffWithTheirHeads Mar 2013 #13

Planned obsolescence in (formerly) public utilities Hekate Mar 2013 #14

The worst part is the bad "walkie-talkie" effect you get on newer phones trackfan Mar 2013 #15

I have a cordless phone that I use most of the time.... llmart Mar 2013 #16

Simple. The old stuff was built to last. The new stuff is built to fail. talkingmime Mar 2013 #17

I have one phone hardwired in the house. hobbit709 Mar 2013 #18