Four years ago, Summer Haycock reinstalled a landline in her Auckland home. It was a grey corded phone reminiscent of a bland 1990s office.
The original thought behind it was safety: what if something happened at home and one of her four girls needed to call 111? Haycock’s mobile phone could be out of reach or the battery dead.
Now, the landline has become an alternative to giving her daughters (aged four to 11) a mobile phone. The landline, a $5 add-on to the family’s mobile and internet package, allows Haycock’s daughters and their friends to call each other.
RNZ – Read more about a landline and see if it would suit your family
