Just out of curiosity, who here had gotten rid of their landline phone? My cellphone plan has more minutes that I use, normally, and long-distance is free. I have cable-modem internet access, so I don't need a landline for that either. I cut the cord, so to speak, on my phone service 6 months ago and haven't regretted it yet.
Anyone else?
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
We're considering it when we move. But first we need to check out reception in the house.
You're in my area - which service do you use?
Dagonee
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Yep. One phone.
Posted by Bob the Lawyer (Member # 3278) on :
I don't use either. No phones for BtL.
Edit: I can't belive I did that. I hate myself.
[ June 28, 2004, 11:09 AM: Message edited by: Bob the Lawyer ]
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
HAVE to have landline for internet connection at home. No DSL or cable nearby.
Farmgirl
Posted by Chaz_King (Member # 3184) on :
No land line here, only 2 cellphones 1 for me and 1 for the wife Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
I would never get one.
Have you seen the commercials? The confusing, time-limited offers for bargains?
I refuse to respond to hard-cell tactics.
Posted by kwsni (Member # 1831) on :
I'd LIKE to have a land line, cause my cell reception here sucks, but my roomates won't spring for it. So one phone for me.
Ni!
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Landline for dialup. But soon I'll be moving to my parents' house, and while their landline(s) will remain, I'll be mostly using my cell.
(And they have broadband! Yippee!)
Posted by Suneun (Member # 3247) on :
I had to make that decision last month when I moved into my apartment.
Cell Phone: it's with you whether or not you're at your apartment
Landline: no recharging, cheaper, no worrying about minutes, better sound quality
Though the sad part is, since I got a digital phone, when my cox cable modem goes down, my phone does too.
Posted by KarlEd (Member # 571) on :
Dagonee, I use Sprint and rarely have reception problems. I'm planning a move to PA in the near future and my realtor there uses Sprint as well. She says she rarely has problems with reception there either.
[ June 28, 2004, 11:35 AM: Message edited by: KarlEd ]
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
No landline here either. SBC is more Evil than Walmart. We have a cable modem for internet access.
AJ
Posted by CaySedai (Member # 6459) on :
we have both land and cell phones. Our internet is DSL, so we have to have the landline.
Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on :
I don't have a landline home at my parent's house. Yes I still live at home....
My whole family has cell phones.
Oh, and cable inet here.
Posted by Little_Doctor (Member # 6635) on :
i jsut got a new phone today. We switched to Verizon from AT&T. I finally get service in my house! So I probably won't use th land line anymore. Theres no use for it.
[ June 28, 2004, 01:53 PM: Message edited by: Little_Doctor ]
Posted by NdRa (Member # 2295) on :
My roomates and I nixed the landline a long time ago. We had one roomate who didn't want a landline in the first place so he refused to pay for it, but turned out he was the only one using it. He had to get a phone card to call home to Nepal after we trashed the landline.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
quote: We had one roomate who didn't want a landline in the first place so he refused to pay for it, but turned out he was the only one using it.
My last roommate did the exact same thing. Got a cel phone, refused to pay any of the landline bill, and kept using it the entire time. Jee, I wonder why we aren't friends anymore?
Posted by NdRa (Member # 2295) on :
Yeah Kat, this guy is still our roomate. I'm so glad I'm moving in less than a month.
Posted by ludosti (Member # 1772) on :
Slacker and I got rid of our landline at the beginning of the year (we've got cable internet) and it's worked well so far. Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
I got a whole lot of dept. of transportation surveys and a few wrong numbers on my landline. However, the kicker, was this:
Me: Hello? Very Drunk Old Man: HOWRE YOU? Me: What? Very Drunk Old Man: HOWRE YOU? HEY, I NEED TO GET TO SOUTH LAMAR. Me: *hangs up phone, pulls out cord, immediately locks the door*
Posted by Lupus (Member # 6516) on :
yep, I am cell phone only. I have a cable modem, so I don't need a land line for internet, so I got rid of my landline a year ago.
Posted by porcelain girl (Member # 1080) on :
i have never owned a cellphone.
no one can ever reach me except through other people. it's fabulous.
Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :
My family has a cell they use as their portable home phone, and I have my own cell.
Posted by Mabus (Member # 6320) on :
My cell phone is much less expensive than my landline was, but the real reason I don't have a landline is that when I tried to switch providers I started getting bills from both...
Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :
I haven't gotten a cell phone yet. I make phone calls only when I can't avoid it, and I don't care for people to be able to reach me that easily. The only times I've wanted one were for the occasional road trip, but so far I've survived without one.
And I get by just fine with my dialup Internet connection at home. So nyah. Posted by Danzig (Member # 4704) on :
I only have a cell phone as well. I never used my dorm room's phone when I lived there, and before that I rarely used the home phone at my parents' house. I use my cell a lot more, but not nearly enough to worry about running over my minutes.
Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :
quote:And I get by just fine with my dialup Internet connection at home. So nyah.
You only think you're fine with it 'cause you don't have cable yet, you poor, ignorant dialup user. I pity you.
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He had to get a phone card to call home to Nepal after we trashed the landline.
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