Thank goodness, although not enough. Our masters have been devoted to pulling down nice old stuff and putting up modern crap since the 19th century.
No, I was referring to the style of phones.
I don't know about that, having a cell phone as a home phone is very convenient. You can run around all over your home and not have to worry about missing an important call. Plus the blessings (or "phreaking" curse) of bluetooth.