Customer-friendly word for "landline"

[Gary Bankston]

Not this phone, that other one, the one you can't take with you.

On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 2:13 PM, Alison Craig <Alison.Craig at ultrasonix.com>wrote:

> That was my reaction.
>
> Like it or not, landline is pretty much the standard term.
>
> Alison
>
> Alison Craig, Technical Writer
> Ultrasonix Medical Corporation
> Tel: (604) 279-8550, ext 127
> E-mail: alison.craig at ultrasonix.com
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:
> framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Alan T Litchfield
> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 1:59 PM
> To: Butler, Darren J CTR USAF AFMC WR-ALC/ENGLTB
> Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Re: Customer-friendly word for "landline"
>
> Telephone?
>
> What's wrong with landline?
>
> Alan
>
> On 4/02/2011, at 10:25 AM, Butler, Darren J CTR USAF AFMC WR-ALC/
> ENGLTB wrote:
>
> > Desk Phone?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: techwr-l-bounces+darren.butler.ctr=robins.af.mil at techwr-l.com[mailto:
> techwr-l-bounces+darren.butler.ctr <techwr-l-bounces%2Bdarren.butler.ctr>=
> robins.af.mil at techwr-l.com
> > ] On Behalf Of John Posada
> > Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 4:24 PM
> > To: List, Techwriter
> > Subject: Customer-friendly word for "landline"
> >
> > I'm putting together a "se-Instead" glossary of terms to make our
> > customent facing support content more accessible.
> >
> > We use the term landline phone differenciate from mobile phone and I
> > don't like "landline".
> >
> > My target is 6th grade understanding. Anyone have any suggestions for
> > inplace of landline?
> >
> > --
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