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Do you still have a landline?

Superfly

Superfly

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I am thinking of ditching my landline. I pay $80 a month for a service that is never used. The only people who call my landline are telemarketers.

*The pros of ditching:

No telemarketers
Saving almost $1,000 a year

*The cons of ditching:

My family rarely answers their phones when I call them, so if it's an emergency, I may not be able to get anyone
My husband has health problems, so transitioning would add an extra minute or two to a 911 call, to give the operator our physical address
Can't use my fax machine

I am thinking of maybe looking into VoIP phones. Not sure - got my mom a Magic Jack when they first came out, like 10 years ago, and it was horrible.
 
Not anymore, and I sure miss it!!!
 
Superfly said:
I am thinking of ditching my landline. I pay $80 a month for a service that is never used. The only people who call my landline are telemarketers.

*The pros of ditching:

No telemarketers
Saving almost $1,000 a year

*The cons of ditching:

My family rarely answers their phones when I call them, so if it's an emergency, I may not be able to get anyone
My husband has health problems, so transitioning would add an extra minute or two to a 911 call, to give the operator our physical address
Can't use my fax machine

I am thinking of maybe looking into VoIP phones. Not sure - got my mom a Magic Jack when they first came out, like 10 years ago, and it was horrible.
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We ditched out LL in 2005.
 
We still have it (LL), it’s bundled with internet and tv. Like a balloon if squeezed in one area, the other swells up. 3 services for one price, drop one leg, the other two go up. I have had one (LL) too long. Plus we are rural and the cellular is hit/miss.


PS Telemarketers are starting to figure out how to bother people on the cell.
 
Rexedgar said:
We still have it (LL), it’s bundled with internet and tv. Like a balloon if squeezed in one area, the other swells up. 3 services for one price, drop one leg, the other two go up. I have had one (LL) too long. Plus we are rural and the cellular is hit/miss.
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Yeah my "bundled" price kept going up and up and up. I pay twice as much a month for my landline as I do my internet. I can't wrap my head around it.

As far as coverage, my cell phone is spot on where I live. I have no issues at all with coverage.
 
Nope, ditched it years ago, don't miss it a bit. I have seen no downside to not having it.
 
Yes, but it is never used. For some strange reason, Spectrum makes it more expensive not have have a "bundle" which includes a landline.
 
Superfly said:
I am thinking of ditching my landline. I pay $80 a month for a service that is never used. The only people who call my landline are telemarketers.

*The pros of ditching:

No telemarketers
Saving almost $1,000 a year

*The cons of ditching:

My family rarely answers their phones when I call them, so if it's an emergency, I may not be able to get anyone
My husband has health problems, so transitioning would add an extra minute or two to a 911 call, to give the operator our physical address
Can't use my fax machine

I am thinking of maybe looking into VoIP phones. Not sure - got my mom a Magic Jack when they first came out, like 10 years ago, and it was horrible.
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I have a land line. It came with a package and the package was $10.00 less with the land line than without. The only time it gets used is when calling Verizon concerning my cell phone.
 
Superfly said:
I am thinking of ditching my landline. I pay $80 a month for a service that is never used. The only people who call my landline are telemarketers.

*The pros of ditching:

No telemarketers
Saving almost $1,000 a year

*The cons of ditching:

My family rarely answers their phones when I call them, so if it's an emergency, I may not be able to get anyone
My husband has health problems, so transitioning would add an extra minute or two to a 911 call, to give the operator our physical address
Can't use my fax machine

I am thinking of maybe looking into VoIP phones. Not sure - got my mom a Magic Jack when they first came out, like 10 years ago, and it was horrible.
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You pay $80 bucks for a landline? People have been paying less than 15 and having that much off their internet bills for over a decade. Man they must see you coming a mile away. :lol: wow,
 
I do, but it is through Ooma, so all I pay is abour 4 bucks a month for taxes. I need it because I work at home, and I use the features on it for meetings, etc. I rarely use my cell phone, It is a smartphone, but through Trac-Phone, it only costs me $20 every 3 months.
 
No land line, though we do have a Vonage voip line in the house for my wife's business. Never miss it...Vonage is awesome, it's a lot cheaper with more features and unlimited long distance pretty much everywhere, and you can take it with you if you travel...much better than Magic Jack (though I've heard those have gotten better, too, haven't had one in years).
 
Superfly said:
I am thinking of ditching my landline. I pay $80 a month for a service that is never used. The only people who call my landline are telemarketers.

*The pros of ditching:

No telemarketers
Saving almost $1,000 a year

*The cons of ditching:

My family rarely answers their phones when I call them, so if it's an emergency, I may not be able to get anyone
My husband has health problems, so transitioning would add an extra minute or two to a 911 call, to give the operator our physical address
Can't use my fax machine

I am thinking of maybe looking into VoIP phones. Not sure - got my mom a Magic Jack when they first came out, like 10 years ago, and it was horrible.
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You missed a 'con'
if the power goes out, you can still use you landline - Not so with VoIP
 
Superfly said:
I am thinking of ditching my landline. I pay $80 a month for a service that is never used. The only people who call my landline are telemarketers.

*The pros of ditching:

No telemarketers
Saving almost $1,000 a year

*The cons of ditching:

My family rarely answers their phones when I call them, so if it's an emergency, I may not be able to get anyone
My husband has health problems, so transitioning would add an extra minute or two to a 911 call, to give the operator our physical address
Can't use my fax machine

I am thinking of maybe looking into VoIP phones. Not sure - got my mom a Magic Jack when they first came out, like 10 years ago, and it was horrible.
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Haven't had a land line in years but there is a mistake in what you wrote. There are still telemarketers doing calls on cell phones. You can usually identify them when you see an unknown number calling from your own area code (I don't live at my area code anymore).
 
Rexedgar said:
We still have it (LL), it’s bundled with internet and tv. Like a balloon if squeezed in one area, the other swells up. 3 services for one price, drop one leg, the other two go up. I have had one (LL) too long. Plus we are rural and the cellular is hit/miss. ...
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Dito .
 
Superfly said:
I am thinking of ditching my landline. I pay $80 a month for a service that is never used. The only people who call my landline are telemarketers.

*The pros of ditching:

No telemarketers
Saving almost $1,000 a year

*The cons of ditching:

My family rarely answers their phones when I call them, so if it's an emergency, I may not be able to get anyone
My husband has health problems, so transitioning would add an extra minute or two to a 911 call, to give the operator our physical address
Can't use my fax machine

I am thinking of maybe looking into VoIP phones. Not sure - got my mom a Magic Jack when they first came out, like 10 years ago, and it was horrible.
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People still use fax?? I mean, take a look at some of the fax applications on the smart phone. You can 'fax' a file over using the application, and a file on the phone rather than use a fax machine.

The at&t wireless base will route the 911 calls based on the 'automatic location'

https://www.att.com/media/att/2012/support/pdf/Quick_Start_guide.pdf

You can port your current number to the wireless base, pay like 20 bucks a month, and it should still support 911. It has battery backup, so if the electric goes out, you can still use it (I think a few hours of talking, and several days in standby mode), It has two phone jackes, so you can put in a wireless base for a bunch of wireless stations, and one of those wired phones for when the electric is out.
 
Meanwhile the people here who have given up or are thinking about given up thier landlines are the same people who got upset over ATT laying off it's landline division. ;)
 
OlNate said:
No land line, though we do have a Vonage voip line in the house for my wife's business. Never miss it...Vonage is awesome, it's a lot cheaper with more features and unlimited long distance pretty much everywhere, and you can take it with you if you travel...much better than Magic Jack (though I've heard those have gotten better, too, haven't had one in years).
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I always thought the marketers could have come up with a better name than “Magic Jack”, always made me think of a self gratification device......
 
Superfly said:
I am thinking of ditching my landline. I pay $80 a month for a service that is never used. The only people who call my landline are telemarketers.

*The pros of ditching:

No telemarketers
Saving almost $1,000 a year

*The cons of ditching:

My family rarely answers their phones when I call them, so if it's an emergency, I may not be able to get anyone
My husband has health problems, so transitioning would add an extra minute or two to a 911 call, to give the operator our physical address
Can't use my fax machine

I am thinking of maybe looking into VoIP phones. Not sure - got my mom a Magic Jack when they first came out, like 10 years ago, and it was horrible.
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I do have a land line still (free because I'm "bundled" with my cable provider), and whenever I order online and am asked for my number, that's the one I provide. Because I messed up the answering machine/phone over three years ago and have never bothered to replace it. :mrgreen:

Why? Because every call is from a telemarketer or is a political robo-call.
 
Rexedgar said:
I always thought the marketers could have come up with a better name than “Magic Jack”, always made me think of a self gratification device......
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Magic Jerk?
 
I still have a landline phone (local calls only/no frills) with caller ID.

Only family/friends etc. have my mobile number. I also have a prepaid Iridium with global coverage.
 
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