To really rub it in, after Hurricane Sandy hit the north east 3 or 4 years ago, ATT said it wasn&#x27;t realistic to replace the damaged copper[1].<p>They instead handed out wireless gsm devices that could be plugged into your household phone lines and supply &quot;land line&quot; service. This of course (since GSM is lossy), meant fax machines and many other land line data devices stopped working. ATT didn&#x27;t care.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;money.cnn.com&#x2F;2013&#x2F;07&#x2F;22&#x2F;technology&#x2F;verizon-wireless-sandy&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;money.cnn.com&#x2F;2013&#x2F;07&#x2F;22&#x2F;technology&#x2F;verizon-wireless-...</a>