Customer-friendly word for "landline"

[Laura Lemay]

On Feb 4, 2011, at 9:59 AM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net)  
wrote:
> Regardless of which, we _sometime_ refer internal people (and  
> customers) to this:
>
> 	http://www.amazon.com/Newtons-Telecom-Dictionary-25th-Telecommunications/dp/0979387337/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1296841211&sr=8-1
>
> to explain any term as needed.

Amusingly, Newton's defines "landline" as:

"A terrestrial circuit, whether wired (i.e. twisted pair, coax, or  
fiber), or wireless (i.e.microwave or some other form of radio, or  
free space optics), or some combination.  A landline is different from  
a satellite link, which is not terrestrial in nature."

If I'm reading that right, a mobile phone is technically a landline.

Laura