Do you still have a land line?

[MillauFr]

We have a landline but only because it is cheaper for us to "bundle" internet, TV and landline phone than it is for us just to purchase internet and television. Or so they tell me each time I call to see about dropping the landline phone. We never use it. Quite frankly, it's a pain because the only people who call regularly on that number are telemarketers. I really should just unplug our house phones and be done with it but I haven't yet.

My experience exactly. The only people that called were telemarketers and political calls. Comcast claimed it was cheaper for me to bundle all of our services. I finally said ok fine then if you are not going to let me cancel and give me a discount then cancel everything. They "found" a new rate and all we pay now is $39.95 inclusive of all taxes for internet. I got a VOIP (OOMA) device that routes our phone calls over the internet. The bill for OOMA is about $4.50 a month mostly for taxes and 911 access.

OOMA is awesome, no junk calls at all and perfect service.

 

[Claire&TheBoys]

Yes, we will keep our landline for the foreseeable future. My family lives locally and we call each other on our "home phones" most of the time. I usually call my brother in Oregon on our landline, too, since we have unlimited minutes through Comcast. My husband calls his parents on our landline because they are hard of hearing and have a hard time understanding him when he's on his cellphone, plus he has a hard time understanding THEM when he's on his cellphone.

My kids don't have cellphones yet and I'm not giving them my cellphone to call their friends. When my oldest is at home alone, I want him to be able to call me or his dad if he needs us, or 911 in an emergency.

 

[si-am]

We just canceled ours two months ago. We had phone and internet with AT&T and I was paying $80 a month. Dropped the landline, upgraded our internet to U-verse, and I'm now paying only $35. We never used the landline anyway, really.

 

[MomForFrozenAddicts]

I still have a land line. I'm traumatized from 9-11 and the great Black Out when the cellphones didn't work. I know it's stupid to pay when everybody in the family has a cell but just in case....

 

[ruadisneyfan2]

I still have a land line. I'm traumatized from 9-11 and the great Black Out when the cellphones didn't work. I know it's stupid to pay when everybody in the family has a cell but just in case....

Part of the reason I still have my land line.

 

[Chumpson]

Still have landline through Comcast. This is where we do most our calling. Free long distance too. We save a fortune by just having tracphones and using them sparingly. We can internet, and surf the web at home, don't need to do all of that on the road. Kids always want it, sure, but I say no. I say would you rather go on a vacation? That usually shuts them up. I figure for a year I save about $2000 by not going to the cell phone plans that many have. Would it be nice? Sure, but then I wouldn't have the money to go on vacations!

 

[NewRVLady]

when all DH's customers started emailing plans and specs, he no longer needed a fax
The only people calling the land line were sales calls

Ended that

 

[Aliceacc]

Yes, we still have a landline, and I have no intention of getting rid of it.

It's my cell phone that rarely gets used.

I'm either in the car-- no cell phone there, it's illegal-- or in class-- no cell phone there, it's against school policy and I'm busy teaching-- or home, where we have a land line. My cell phone is in my purse, which I would have to find, then get into my Vera Bradly wristlet to locate the cell. And that assumes that I even heard it; it's not meant to be heard from the basement, where I'm doing laundry or working on the computer, or cleaning the upstairs bathroom or in the kitchen with the radio on as I make dinner. (We have a landline on each floor.)

I use my cell primarily to check in on the kids if I'm out, or to text "I'm here" to whoever I'm picking up.

And I agree that lots of us on Long Island and the surrounding areas are prone to keep those landlines after 9/11 and the blackout.

 

[Minnie-Mickey]

We have a landline. We have very limited cell minutes. It is a very old plan and to change might cost more than both. Plus (don't laugh) How would I be able to use my Mickey phone.http://www.wdwinfo.com/images/smilies/rotfl.gif
I love my mickey phone

 

[mello]

Yes. It's much, much cheaper than any cellphone plan, and I'm home 90% of the time, so hardly ever use my cell. We have pay as you go with TMobile and I just buy minutes as I need them; $30 worth of minutes lasts me nearly a year.