Have you given up your landline?

[lizziegrace]

Maybe it's my age. I just can't bring myself to cancel my Vonage line. I have RoadRunner and VOIP for the phone. I pay $25/month for Vonage and used 185 minutes last month. To change to the $14/month play, they want to hit me with a $10 plan change fee. Logic says let it go, but I can't seem to do it.

I *do* use Vonage to call my sister in the UK for no additional charge.

:shrug:

[MissMillie]

1. nope

I don't get very good cell reception at home, so the landline is what I use when I'm home.

If the power goes out, though, I'll have to go outside and talk on the cell. My landline is through the cable and requires a modem.

[skygazer]

2. I can't

I need it for my &%*#@ dial-up. :eyes:

[lizziegrace]

4. Good reason!

We'd miss you. :)

[Kali]

15. same here

and a speedy 21.6 we are a runnin' today :woohoo:

[Rabrrrrrr]

3. Cancelled mine two years ago - it's been wonderful!

[billyskank]

5. No.

I pay £10 a month to keep it for almost no reason, but I can't quite give it up. It's there for my mum to ring me on (calling my cell would be more expensive for her) and also for emergency should the cell be out of action for whatever reason.

[lizziegrace]

6. Same here

My parents call me on it and I use it for outgoing calls. I can't make international calls on my cell and my sister isn't able to call me due to the cost.

[redqueen]

9. Same here... emergencies keep me tied to the landline.

:hi:

[billyskank]

11. Hi

:hi:

:hug:

[TommyO]

7. Traditional POTS, yes!

I haven't used it since I've had a cable modem and VOIP, since I work from home several days a week, it's critical. I use my cell sparingly.

[lizziegrace]

8. My OP isn't correct

technically I don't have a landline. But I can't disconnect the phone with a cord to the router. ;)

[soleft]

10. I have it just for local calls

But why not change to the 14 plan. In two months you'll make back the 10

[graywarrior]

12. I have a landline. It's just not hooked up.

I hate the phone.

[lizziegrace]

13. Hi!!

I don't hate the phone, just don't have anything to say right now. ;)

How are you, ya wacko??

[graywarrior]

14. I'm on the razor's edge.

You, weirdo?

[lizziegrace]

16. About the same

life is never dull. :eyes:


:hug:


Still in hell? (Florida...)

[graywarrior]

18. Yep.

Me & Florida are like oil & water. The ONLY thing I dig is my bike spinning class. Other than that, I spend most of my time writing.

What are you up to?

[krispos42]

17. Haven't had a landline in 2 years

And now I have Sprint wireless broadband for my internet, so I'm currently totally wireless. I think I need to get cable, though... :-)

[Starbucks Anarchist]

19. Yep, cell phone only.

[IntravenousDemilo]

20. I'm trying to get to 50 without ever having had a cell phone.

And I may just continue not to do so even after. Maybe I'm just from the old school that associated cell phones and pagers with doctors and drug dealers back in the '70s. Maybe it's because my next door neighbours and several of my friends all have trouble with their cell phones -- misplacing them, forgetting to charge the batteries, bad reception, having to pay for incoming calls, basically stuff you don't have to worry about with a landline. Oh, yes, and when they forget to recharge, and because they've decided not to get voicemail, it's impossible to contact them, which in my mind kind of defeats the purpose of anyone having a cell phone, which is to be in constant contact with, well, me.

[LNM]

21. I have to have a landline.

I'm one of the 2 people in this country that don't have a cell phone.

[Joe Fields]

22. I've never owned a cellphone..

[Lydia Leftcoast]

23. I bought the cheap Vonage plan at the beginning, since I"m not a great

phone talker.

What keeps me from going to a cell-phone only life is that I keep forgetting to 1) charge the damn cell phone or 2) turn it on after I've turned it off at movies or concerts.

[1gobluedem]

24. No, I still prefer it to the cell phone

And it works even when the power goes out.

I have a cell phone but I use the land line more.