Are you still using a land line ?

[rambler]

I don't like phones much, don't have a cell phone. Really dislike cell phones & no reason to need one fortunately.

Only good internet out in the country is DSL, so have to have the landline.

I agree with you, I think less of a business if they can't give me a clear connection. I certainly understand mobile sevices (repairmen, salesmen, etc.) offering mobile only but the main business should have a stable address/ phone line.

--->Paul

 

[Scotty Dive]

Remember that during a storm/power outage only a landline will provide dialtone since the central office provides battery and generator back up. VoIP via Vonage would not be available. Let's face it, landlines provide best quality voice and if you need to dial 911 it will be there. Cell phone towers do have battery/generator backup but if the tower is damaged its out of service. Needing to dial 911 should not rely on you having a fully charged cell phone

 

[milkman636]

Yes I am. We have a large family and there is always someone around the house. Plus we can call all distances unlimited for a flat rate with our DSL bundled in. My cell (tether) has been provided by my employer for over a decade, and my wife's cell only runs about $35/month with her low usage.

What we are doing provides the lowest cost solution to meet all of our communication needs. Plus I'm old school and like the wires being connected to my house and having a techincian available to support the service. The company is US based and has provided good service whenever there is a phone problem.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

No cell service at my house.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

We still have the landline, but I am close to disconnecting. We have had our home number for 26 years - and I think when we do disconnect, I will port the number over to a $10 a month add a family member cell.

We live out in a tiered coverage area - and have to pay a premium charge to have toll free calling into the metro - so our monthly bill is pushing $90. Yup - highway robbery. So adios landline...very soon.

Just buy local service from your phone company and buy your long distance service from a long distance provider. They have to let you do that - it's federal law. Unlimited long distance costs me $25 a month from AT&T.

 

[ozley]

Let the home phone go 3 years ago.

 

[rockinmywaypa]

I have both. The biggest reason for the landline is so that when someone wants me for some reason, farm or personal, they can look in a phone book and find my number and place the call.I have voice messaging there so they can leave a message when I'm not there to answer it. If I relied 100% on a cell phone no one knows my number and would have no way to find it. There are a number of younger family members who I have wanted to call but had no idea how to reach them due to them not being in the book.

 

[rambler]

Looked at a Craigslist ad yesterday, said at the bottom, "Texts only, don't look at my emails or answer unknown calls."

What a joke. I couldn't contact him. Wouldn't want to, with that attitude. If you ant to sell something,it might just take a tad bit of effort on your part....

--->Paul

 

[Pete Judd]

No choice here, no cell coverage, unless we walk up to the road. No cable on this side of the valley, so no cable. Stuck with the phone co, and slow dsl, but have a "magic jack" in the shop and all computers have skype accounts.

 

[wcampbell47]

In my area the land lines are old and when it rains the connection is lost and way more static than my cell. Cell phones are more reliable even if the reception is poor. I would miss most of my business if I did not carry a cell phone. I use a cell phone signal booster at home and at my office. Really improves the signal quality. I view the cell phone as a safety issue for seniors as well, especially if one is prone to carry it all the time. One of my customers is saving $40 a month by using cell phone service as opposed to paying long distance charges just to talk to her children. Seems like having a land line or not depends on your area and life style.

 

[jmurray01]

I guess we're dinosaurs, but my wife and I don't even have cell phones. Except for having a phone in case your car breaks down, I really don't get cell phones. I have voice mail at work, and an answering machine at home. If someone leaves a message, I'll call them back, what's the big deal????? I really don't need to be getting calls when I'm in my car or in a restaurant or if I'm in a store. What's so important that I have to speak to someone right now??? We'll probably get Trac Phone for emergency use in our cars, but other than that, we don't want anything to do with cell phones.

And kids with cell phone drive me nuts. Last week, we had some city friends visit our farm with their 12 year old son. He played with his phone the whole time we were showing them the farm, he couldn't care less. When we pointed out a fox running across a pasture, he was still playing with his cell phone, and his father took it away from him. He told the kid that they came for a visit to see nature and the kid was just playing with his phone, The kid shrugged and started whining for his phone back.

It really annoys me when people can't even feign interest.

 

[jmurray01]

Looked at a Craigslist ad yesterday, said at the bottom, "Texts only, don't look at my emails or answer unknown calls."

What a joke. I couldn't contact him. Wouldn't want to, with that attitude. If you ant to sell something,it might just take a tad bit of effort on your part....

--->Paul

Yeah, he's the next Victor Kiam!

 

[ultrarunner]

No choice here, no cell coverage, unless we walk up to the road. No cable on this side of the valley, so no cable. Stuck with the phone co, and slow dsl, but have a "magic jack" in the shop and all computers have skype accounts.

Exactly the same situation... yet only about 10 minutes by car from the steps of the State Capital and have been told there is a moratorium on cell towers so not an option...

 

[survriggs]

I still have a land line and I use my cell phone to text my wife to bring me a cold glass of tea up to the shop occasionally.
Seriously, we have spotty cell coverage and my daughter and granddaughter live about 400' away so we have a 4-phone long range mobile land line phone system so we can contact our daughter via the intercom system and vice versa. It also gives her the ability to call 911 from a land line since she only has a cell phone.

 

[g0rd0]

I do not own a cell phone. I really have no need to be carrying one around, at least that is how I feel.
As for a land line, I gave up on the phone company 3 years ago. We where tired of having the phone ringing only to find another call center informing me of the latest thing that I just have to buy.
So, our internet it a wireless affair with a modem / antenna bolted to the house pointed at a tower. it gives us 2.5mb so, now we get our phone service through majicjack . Does that count as a land line? After all it is not connected to the phone lines, and it is not a cell phone but, at the same time it is wireless.
You tell me.

 

[k0ua]

I have a company provided cell, the wife has a Motorola Razor, we have a land line, and Packet 8 VOIP line, I have a IP phone off of my system back at work over a VPN connection. Google Voice and Skype on several of the PC's, I have several 2 way radio's. Yeah we got it covered.

James K0UA

 

[Western]

We had a landline, but got ride of the $50 a month for something I used once in 2 years to send a fax. We dont have access to a major carrier, so the price was twice as high as it was in town.

 

[Combustix]

Yep no cell service at the house still got dial up Internet too.

 

[LBrown59]

i got rid of the land line 3 years ago,and don't miss it one bit.

We have to drive a mill away from home to use our cell phone.
Not good in the winter on slick icy roads and a pain in the rear end all other times of the year.

No way could we get buy with out a land phone.

I would give up my cell phone before i gave up the land line.

 

[LBrown59]

I ditched my land line years ago, and haven't looked back since.

How do you operate your computer on a cell phone.?