Alexa, with your new calling feature, what’s the point of a landline?

Amazon has taken its smart home move up a level (re)entering into the calling and text market, potentially piling further misery on the telcos who are continuing with an identity-crisis in the digital economy.
The eCommerce giant has now introduced Echo Show, which includes a seven-inch video screen, as well as Alexa Calling, a free calling and messaging service which can be used over all Echo devices and Alexa apps. The Fire Phone might have been a failed venture into the world of telecommunica