Electronics

[AngelPuppy1]

We still have a landline - we are old school, I guess.  We have Iphones, but the service for this is sketchy where we live.  So, our landline is more dependable.  

[Group 5 minus 1]

We got rid of one of our cells several months ago. Have not missed it. Still have our landline.

[Pook]

We have a Verizon landline and when power goes out we are the only ones that can make calls.  We also have our internet with them and can call anywhere no fees.  Neither is expensive.  I absolutely hate cell phones and the often staticy and cutting in and out when trying to talk with someone.  I'll don't mind the spam calls on landline but I  get nearly as many spam texts on my cell which is more annoying!!  Very few have my cell # and only use.d for emergencies or calls made away from home

[goldensrbest]

Gave up landline years ago,around 13 yrs.ago ,do not miss.

[Ainhisg]

There are some areas of our state (Missouri) that have no cell phone service.  I can certainly understand why people have landlines there!  I live in the third largest city in Missouri, so we have great 5G cell phone coverage.  I kept our landline for a long time, because my mom was elderly and knew our phone number by heart.  Once she moved to assisted living, I dropped our landline and have never missed it.  I keep my cell phone in a centrally located place in our home during the day, and at night, put it on my nightstand, because my husband's mother is elderly, and one never knows what might happen.  I'm not a forgetful person, so I can count on one hand the amount of times I have forgotten to place my cell phone by the bed at night.  The best part of only having cell phones is that for any business, doctor, dentist, etc., you just have one number to give them and know that you won't miss a call from them.  It is also nice that when people want to communicate with either of us, they can call/text either my husband or me depending on to whom they want to speak.

[vermint]

We gave up our landline in June, and don't miss it at all! I still get spam calls on my cell, but I can silence them, then delete any voicemail they may leave. 

I'm not constantly on my phone, either...it's usually in my pocket. At night, I put it on the charger on my bathroom counter--close enough to hear if it rings in the night.

[jlkz]

@SilleeMee 

Question: if you lose power, won't the router be useless, rendering the "landline" useless in an emergency ?

This keeps us tied to a landline.....

[SilleeMee]

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@jlkz wrote:

@SilleeMee 

Question: if you lose power, won't the router be useless, rendering the "landline" useless in an emergency ?

This keeps us tied to a landline.....

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@jlkz 

Yes, if you have a power outage then your router and phone will not work unless you have a battery back-up. I bought a battery-backup device called a UPS...stands for uninterrupted power supply. I have my router, phone and computer plugged into it all of the time and if my power goes out the UPS automatically switches to battery mode and I'm good to go for 72 hours during power outages. It's like having a mini Generac just for my electronics. Many people do not have a battery backup for their routers and some routers come with with them. Mine did not come with one so I bought one.

[amyb]

After much thought on what to cut, in the past two years...I'm cutting cable this month and going Roku, but am keeping my landline. Decided that a while ago. My home phone service is not actually much and it's bundled with my old "DSL" now Frontier wifi also. Though Frontier's cust svc sucks...the wifi is fine, so, all these years later, it's still what I have.

I do need to update my home phones as that's the main issue I don't use the home phone much, doesn't keep a charge anymore. I have newer ones, but never hooked them up. Yes I mostly get junk calls there now, however...I still find it useful in that...

I don't like giving out my cell# everywhere for just "sign up" or "id" purposes...so I give my home ph#, where I screen anyway.

In storms it's been good to have the landline...we get enough blizzards, power outages and occasional other hurricanes etc to merit this. ie. You don't need it often, but when you need it, you need it.

I don't want to give it up...it's an "old school" comfort I still like having, and not that much to keep it.

As for cable...I'm glad to finally cut that ever growing more expensive for giving me ZERO entertainment of value, chord! Should have done that already!

[On It]

We are considering adding a landline in our mountain home. It will be for safety issues during power outages, etc. rather than day to day use. We have been without cell phone service on several occasions when there was a power outage. At our age we feel this is an issue that we need to correct.