Long before the idea of hot dog-shaped iPhone cases, Otter Boxen, or even those swappable Nokia face plates, people were just as likely to express themselves with their landline phones.

Plus mobile calls have come down in price over the last decade. As a result, 40% of us have stopped using a landline phone altogether, according to new survey from price comparison site Uswitch.

More than a quarter of households, roughly five million, say they never use their landline for phone calls ... planet – while future proofing our business. For us, it is good business to ...

If you still have a landline telephone, then you may be old enough to remember smelly phone booths and the rotary dial. That is one finding from a surprisingly deep trove of research on the ...