LMan1967
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*shrug* Im never w/o my cell. Esp since, on 50 acres, I carry it to call my wife back at the house when Im out working (or vice versa)
It's too far to yell...Are you still using a land line ?
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*shrug* Im never w/o my cell. Esp since, on 50 acres, I carry it to call my wife back at the house when Im out working (or vice versa)
It's too far to yell...
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Still have land line with no intention of giving it up. Have cell phones for travel emergency, etc.
sam5570
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still have land line no cell service here for 7miles from home ask the cell phone companies about putting a tower on top of the mountain even offred to give them a right of way they said no thanks not enough demand in our area but now we have century link for land line seeems to be doing alot better
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I have a land line and no cell.
They are vile contraptions. I hate them.
I know the end of humanity is near when my tractor comes with a place to store and plug in a cell phone, but no tool box.
They are vile contraptions. I hate them.
I know the end of humanity is near when my tractor comes with a place to store and plug in a cell phone, but no tool box.
Maxify55
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Yep! You betcha! Built 5 yrs ago and put 2 cat-5 connections in every room without one, not one, telephone connection.
We do get one bar of AT&T signal but with a MicroCell installed I have 5 bars throughout the house. All the minutes used while in the home are wi-fi'd and not charged back against the plan.
I lessened the minute usage on the plan to purchase the MicroCell.
We do get one bar of AT&T signal but with a MicroCell installed I have 5 bars throughout the house. All the minutes used while in the home are wi-fi'd and not charged back against the plan.
I lessened the minute usage on the plan to purchase the MicroCell.
dmccarty
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We still have a land line.
Previously I have wanted it as a standby for the cell phones. We have one wireless phone and a hard wired phone on the land line. Our wireless will not work without power. Our cell phones we can charge up in the car/truck. Heck we could charge it with the tractor.
Our Internet is via DSL. The service is horrible and slow. We are lucky to have the DSL so we have lived with it. But in the last year or so the service has gone down hill. Speed and reliability has really gotten bad. Service thinks we need a new line but I am doubtful. They guess that the line problems are because of the moisture content of the soil. I am not buying it.
Last night the DSL dropped. Then popped back on. This week the wifey was in town at a place that offers free WiFi. She ran into a someone we know who was at the place to get on the Internet to take a class. The Internet was down at the lady's house and at the store. That is not a line problem at my house.
Cable runs along the main road in front of us and it looks like homes up there can get 20Mbs. We are getting 1.5 Mbs down at best. I think we should be getting 750Kbs up but usually it is 20 Kbs.
The wifey dropped off fliers in the neighborhood and is now talking to people to call up the Cable company to run a survey to bring in service. We know of at least a few people who are willing to switch at this point.
Once we know cable will move it we will let DSL know we are going to switch if the service does not improve. There is 5-10MBs DSL behind us. Their service has to come in from the road in front but they have newer equipment we are not attached too so we get worse service. So far, with multiple phone calls, the phone company is doing nothing. The service guy is good but the problem is that the company does not want to resolve the problem. He asked, wink wink, if we were thinking of switching service providers. We took that as question as a way for him to increase pressure on them to fix the problem but it is not helping.
We use our cells for all out going calls. Very few calls go to the land line. The land line number we give out to companies who need a phone number. This minimizes phone calls to our cells. 99% of the calls to the cell phones are from people we know. The land line is for strangers. If we have to move to cable for Internet service we will drop the land line unless the price is very reasonable. We already have VOIP phone numbers so we can start giving those out to companies.
With cell service we have multiple providers but the land line is almost a monopoly and it shows.
Later,
Dan
Previously I have wanted it as a standby for the cell phones. We have one wireless phone and a hard wired phone on the land line. Our wireless will not work without power. Our cell phones we can charge up in the car/truck. Heck we could charge it with the tractor.
Our Internet is via DSL. The service is horrible and slow. We are lucky to have the DSL so we have lived with it. But in the last year or so the service has gone down hill. Speed and reliability has really gotten bad. Service thinks we need a new line but I am doubtful. They guess that the line problems are because of the moisture content of the soil. I am not buying it.
Last night the DSL dropped. Then popped back on. This week the wifey was in town at a place that offers free WiFi. She ran into a someone we know who was at the place to get on the Internet to take a class. The Internet was down at the lady's house and at the store. That is not a line problem at my house.
Cable runs along the main road in front of us and it looks like homes up there can get 20Mbs. We are getting 1.5 Mbs down at best. I think we should be getting 750Kbs up but usually it is 20 Kbs.
The wifey dropped off fliers in the neighborhood and is now talking to people to call up the Cable company to run a survey to bring in service. We know of at least a few people who are willing to switch at this point.
Once we know cable will move it we will let DSL know we are going to switch if the service does not improve. There is 5-10MBs DSL behind us. Their service has to come in from the road in front but they have newer equipment we are not attached too so we get worse service. So far, with multiple phone calls, the phone company is doing nothing. The service guy is good but the problem is that the company does not want to resolve the problem. He asked, wink wink, if we were thinking of switching service providers. We took that as question as a way for him to increase pressure on them to fix the problem but it is not helping.
We use our cells for all out going calls. Very few calls go to the land line. The land line number we give out to companies who need a phone number. This minimizes phone calls to our cells. 99% of the calls to the cell phones are from people we know. The land line is for strangers.
If we have to move to cable for Internet service we will drop the land line unless the price is very reasonable. We already have VOIP phone numbers so we can start giving those out to companies.With cell service we have multiple providers but the land line is almost a monopoly and it shows.
Later,
Dan
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dmccarty,
Through one of your cell providers, check and see IF you can get internet service. I think it is called an 'air card' or 'mobile internet service'. I've got it up here and am on it now. I also have it at home for the other 1/2. It is worth a shot and a heck of a lot faster than dial up.
Just need to pay attention to your downloads and you tube movies.
Through one of your cell providers, check and see IF you can get internet service. I think it is called an 'air card' or 'mobile internet service'. I've got it up here and am on it now. I also have it at home for the other 1/2. It is worth a shot and a heck of a lot faster than dial up.
Just need to pay attention to your downloads and you tube movies.
riptides
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Ahh, well the "air cards" offer various speeds and protocols due to service providers and coverage.
When you may get an aircard, your speeds may basically be the same as dial-up or be as good as WiFi.
You will have to look at the service providers in your area, to see what their "data" coverage is.
RTxx
EVDO
LTE -or-
WiFi and/or combinations of them.
dmccarty
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We have but we would blow through the data transfer limit very quickly. We have five computers on the Internet plus we stream video to the TV AND the kids stream to their PCs and iPods. We have a cell tower a mile away and have pretty good connectivity but we would eat up the data limit in no time.
The wifey is on a mission. :thumbsup: When I posted yesterday I did not know that she had printed up a note to all of the neighbors and left said note at all of their houses. The note was about getting cable access, what speed we thought we could get, its cost, and what people needed to do to get the cable installed. She did not ask people to call her but at this point at least 1/3 of the neighbors have told her that they are calling the cable company to push the company to run a line in the subdivision.
Later,
Dan
k0ua
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Same here, keep a couple of old 2500 series and one old 2554 in the shop for just that puprose. The portable base in on a UPS, with the rest of the network equipment, but it just runs for so long, and it is by by phones. (and data network too)
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mostly_gas
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Land line with 2 portables and one hardwired. We both have cell but granddaughter on wife's plan she runs close every month. On cable, 15M usually get much more, tested as high as 28. DSL has been a very mixed bag in my area.
Alan L.
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You musta started this post yesterday.
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I live in a city of 400k and cell coverage sucks... can't get a signal when I'm in my own back 40...
The thing with Land-line is the costs keep escalating...especially with all the fees and taxes.
Many 30 and under people I know have never had a land line...
15 years ago the telephone company had to run new underground... people were waiting a year of more to add a line due to no more capacity...
DSL is also a problem... has gotten a little better. Just too far from the central station not as the crow flies... just the way the cable is routed.
Turbys_1700
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I just killed my land line 2 months ago...
I used DSL for 3 or 4 years...
Did not have cable option for service...
Cell reception is acceptable but not great...
Reception was non existent years ago but has improved so that we could stop the land line...
Right now we are saving $78/mo...
After the first year those savings will drop to $63/mo...
So far I am very happy with the results...
I used DSL for 3 or 4 years...
Did not have cable option for service...
Cell reception is acceptable but not great...
Reception was non existent years ago but has improved so that we could stop the land line...
Right now we are saving $78/mo...
After the first year those savings will drop to $63/mo...
So far I am very happy with the results...
ghenges
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The telephone is the most obtrusive/intrusive uniquely invasive
convenience/annoyance device ever invented.
The worst result of moderate to high cellphone use -- the constant disruption has inhibited the intellectual processes of the brain.
Thinking and pondering have given way to short bursts of seemingly important trivial incoming and outgoing truncated communication.
The old fashioned term scatterbrain may have found renewed relevance
Utterly pernicious cellphones -- read this -- several times
A contractor I worked for in the nineties, brought a cellphone out to the job for me to use for business and also my personal use.
I refused.
The contractor was bemused.
I said it was a "dog collar", a device with which he could jerk my chain any time he saw fit.
I told him I would call him when I needed tools, material or job information not included in the plans or in the specifications. If he needed me, he could call the landline in the job trailer and leave a message.
I employed what I termed "linear thinking" when I was on my way to work and at work.
"Linear thinking" involved a plan for the day's work, usually conceived during the hour or so drive to the jobsite. Never, ever thought about the job at home. The day's work was mentally laid out and made no provision for distracting and interruptive cellphone calls.
Landline = Vonage VOIP with a call blocker.
CellPhone = Virgin Mobile w/ $6.67 charge per month.
Primarily for emergency use and on trips, phone is never turned on at home.
$20.00 charge per quarter has resulted over the years in a +$487.00 account balance, testament to just how little it has been used.
convenience/annoyance device ever invented.
The worst result of moderate to high cellphone use -- the constant disruption has inhibited the intellectual processes of the brain.
Thinking and pondering have given way to short bursts of seemingly important trivial incoming and outgoing truncated communication.
The old fashioned term scatterbrain may have found renewed relevance
Utterly pernicious cellphones -- read this -- several times
A contractor I worked for in the nineties, brought a cellphone out to the job for me to use for business and also my personal use.
I refused.
The contractor was bemused.
I said it was a "dog collar", a device with which he could jerk my chain any time he saw fit.
I told him I would call him when I needed tools, material or job information not included in the plans or in the specifications. If he needed me, he could call the landline in the job trailer and leave a message.
I employed what I termed "linear thinking" when I was on my way to work and at work.
"Linear thinking" involved a plan for the day's work, usually conceived during the hour or so drive to the jobsite. Never, ever thought about the job at home. The day's work was mentally laid out and made no provision for distracting and interruptive cellphone calls.
Landline = Vonage VOIP with a call blocker.
CellPhone = Virgin Mobile w/ $6.67 charge per month.
Primarily for emergency use and on trips, phone is never turned on at home.
$20.00 charge per quarter has resulted over the years in a +$487.00 account balance, testament to just how little it has been used.
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No land line for 8 yrs here,internet thru air card and smartphones via wi fi hotspot. Thinking of trying internet thru dish and dropping the air card. LUTT
JDgreen227
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Lutt...I tried Internet thru my Directv dish and it was really slow, no improvement whatsoever over a landline with DSL, and I live on the very fringe of DSL service. That is my only real issue with living in a rural area, being saddled with slow Internet access and I HAVE to pay for a landline although I never use it (hearing loss) for voice calls. Cell service via Verizon is also only fair. Three miles directly west of me my Droid has a full 4 bars of 4G coverage...here I barely have half a bar at most. SUCKS !!!
Grumpy Old Man
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no land line anymore , Rarely carry the cell usally in the tuck and I check it once in a while, Funny when I'm at the property on top of the ridge it shows eastern time zone time and on the bottom of the ridge it shows central time zone , if i'm ever late to meet someone I move to the bottom and gain an hr :laughing:
