Definition of "wireline" []

• A landline (noun)
• A wire that runs from a drill rig down into the drill hole to support a deadload or other downhole tool (noun)

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• "HD finally gives customers of AT&T and other telcos a reason to retain wireline connections, for while the somewhat better voice quality associated with wireline already provides some resistance to cord-cutting, HD yields wireline telephone calls that sound dramatically better."
• "Mobile dominates the future plans of both telcos and cablecos, for the telcos view the year-over-year declines in wireline experienced since 2000 as permanent, and the cablecos are offering their digital phone plans to the same shrinking pool of customers."
• "(Whether they can actually save wireline is far from certain, though.)"