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Telephone survey

Please select your current "home" telephone situation.

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jgohlke

jgohlke

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I have been contemplating cancelling my home landline and just using our mobile phones. We have a family plan and can talk to each with unlimited minutes. I was wondering what other people do....I figure it is mostly a young person thing (to live without a landline)...

Just curious.
 
I have both a land line and a cell phone, but the more i think about it, the land line is becoming more and more irrelevant. My land line only costs me $10/month though, while the cell cost $59.00/mo for 1000 shared minutes family plan.
 
We have both. I'd give up the "twisted pair" line in a heartbeat, but my dear wife says no.

We have a cable modem for our internet, so it's not like we need the line for DSL or anything.

Regards - B.B.S.
 
We only use our landline for internet access and receiving telemarketers' calls. The celphone gets everything else.

Wilkey
 
I actually considered dropping my land line like you as I don’t use it much but when I do its for important calls were I cant afford to be dropped or playing the “can you here me now” game or worrying about reception if there’s a storm out. Maybe a few years down the road when there more reliable I’ll go strictly cell but until then for the 10$ a month I like the peace of mind.
 
We have both, although I have lobbied to drop the LAN line - Where do you guys get $ 10.00 per month for a LAN line? With all the BS they add to your bill, mine is more like $ 35.00 per month. By the way, I just did a quick calc on the cell bill, they add approx. 24% to your bill with all the taxes and sh*t. What the hell does our state and fed govt do with all that money?
 
I started thinking about this a couple of years ago when we (Central Florida) got hit by several hurricanes in 1 season. We had widespread power outtages (including our house) but didn't lose either landline or cell service during the storm. Both of those systems (and a lot of the social infrastructure!) requires electricity to run though and within a day the landline was just a "buzz" and the day after, cell service went offline (cellular systems have better backup systems and larger fuel storage for their generators, but still only lasted about 3 days). They both came back online the same day.

For the last year, we only use our phone to recieve solicitation calls and very infrequent personal calls. It's clearly not a use thing, but I've always had a phone...and have just been hesitant to have it disconnected. I don't really have a good reason.
 
We have both at our home. But, I've been saying we need to get rid of the landline for years now. We've just recently cut down to just the dial tone ($10 a month or so) but before then it was a freaking waste.
 
First let me say I am glad that I am still in the 18-35 group

We have both the landline is rolled into the dig cable and the cable internet, cells are a family plan, we pay a little over 200 for all of it

but now add the 50 bucks i pay for this slow internet here in iraq, and about 50 a month for cell calls home on my iraq local cell, and this crap is getting out of hand
 
Both.

Landline required for business....And I'm out of the previously mentioned age group.
 
Work provides the cell which I try to leave off as much as possible since I don't want to talk to anyone anyway and especially when I'm not there. The house has a landline only so that is what I picked. I don't count the cell since it isn't mine.
 
I work in telecom and I'm keeping the copper. That network was literally built to take the tornados, hurricanes, floods, and earthquakes. By the time I lose dial tone, the cell network will be a shambles. Five to ten years from now, that may no longer be true. For now, the digital network technology is just too fragile.
 
I used to have a home phone, it was pointless. Also I pay $110 a month for the family share plan... I just wish verizon rolled over. I'd have alot of minutes considering I hardly call anyone that doesn't have verizon.
 
Bargogirl said:
smellysell said:
Horse said:
Dropped the landline about 5 years ago and have not missed it one bit.
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Same here
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Same for us as well. And it's easier to get ahold of our 18 yr old and to make sure Mike's mom is within reach of a phone at all times.
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Same with us...our cells work at home and we kept getting solicitors on the landline (which pissed me off more than anything) so we dropped it. One less bill.
 
More and more people are getting rid of the landline phones. I work for a cellular company and We even have people adding a line to a family share plan and letting it sit at their house for the kids to use. I also have sold phones to parents for as young as a first grader. It is crazy seeing a kid that age with a cellphone but the parents say its cheaper than keeping a landline phone.
 
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