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Re: Question of the day

enbloc8 — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:52:16 -0000

OK, so you give up your landline. What happens if
you experience a power failure, and your cell phone
battery dies? Since a landline runs on low voltage,
it's ALWAYS available. In an emergency, that's
important

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2ndA1 — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:20:05 -0000

Landline, but its the cheapest un-advertised plan that at&t has. No voice mail or any of the other crap they offer.

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Sangamo Girl — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:48:35 -0000

Landline. Despite being less than 20 miles from Spfld, cell coverage stinks here. It can be entertaining to watch tradesmen, contractors, etc. wandering around the property trying to get a signal.

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With Liberty For All....... — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:41:36 -0000

Cell phone only - when I moved to a new address the old phone number could not come with me. So if I have to tell everyone a new number, it might as well be the cell phone and save on one bill. I should have done it earlier. Besides, I don't miss the lousy customer service.

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Downstate Commissioner — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:43:43 -0000

Still have land line-wife was a teacher and I am an elected official-feel that public needs to be able to contact me through listed phone-wife felt same way (although some lazy teachers want to completely leave job at work) Might consider dropping it when/if I retire. At present time, Frontier requires you to have phone line for DSL. I actually prefer to use it-easier to hear on it.

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Justice — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:20:21 -0000

Still have a land line in the event a cell tower goes down. Have stripped down service though. But then again, I carry a portable CB in my car on road trips so I can get the scoop on traffic backups.

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stones — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:14:04 -0000

Still have a landline. The cost is minimal since we have a telephone / cable TV / internet package through Comcast.

In the past I have considered eliminating the line except with elderly parents and a daughter in college I like having an open line 24 / 7 in case of emergency.

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Justice — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:07:01 -0000

No, I haven't had a land line in about 4 years. It was the cost of the land line. Where I live just the phone line would cost $70-80 dollars a month with no calls on it. So I use a cell for my main phone and satellite for my Internet. It is a steal for here in the sticks!

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White Rabbit — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:05:23 -0000

Yes, although it's harder to justify these days.

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highwayman — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:56:45 -0000

No. Dropped the landline one year ago. We now use 4 cellphones (1 always at home) and Skype through cable Internet - no regrets so far.

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doc — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:27:03 -0000

Still have land line - likely to keep it. Neither the wife or I want to give our cell numbers to anyone (except friends and family, and a very few others).

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Doing one day @ a time — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:17:54 -0000

No frills basic landline w/DSL and 2 cell lines.
Landline basically for DSL, local calls and emegencies.

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Tim — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:13:58 -0000

Still have a landline, not likely to get rid of it. I give it out to anyone who asks for a phone number as part of doing business with them. It largely serves the same purpose as having a separate email address for spam. I keep it for emergencies, and it also comes in handy from time to time. This week, my girlfriend lost her cell phone and can't afford to replace it yet. We work different hours and I take my cell with me, so the landline is how she can make/take calls when she's home and I'm not.

I have one of the AT&T Consumer's Choice plans (cheap) and ECG for long distance (pennies a minute, no monthly minimums). Anyone who says a landline costs $50/month isn't trying hard enough.

BTW, I'm 27 and have had that line (moved a couple times, same town, same number) since I was 20. Can't name any friends who have landlines.

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Bosco Mom — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:13:48 -0000

My cell phone doesn't work in my house. I have tried many companies and they don't work.

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Rufus — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:52:45 -0000

My family has three tracfones, we pay $70-90 a year for each of them. My land-line cost me $25 a month. All long distance(except for cell phone calls) is done on a prepaid ATT card I buy at Sams. I also have DSL at $30 a month. As soon as I can go wireless internet with reasonable service and reasonable cost, I am going to drop ATT completely.

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Mr. Ethics — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:38:18 -0000

AT&T just raised the landline basic monthly fee again. Business sense would be not to keep raising rates in a declining market unless the intent is to get everyoine to eventually cancel.

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Chanson — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:31:08 -0000

We have a landline because we lose cable and power from weather way more than the phone service and cell phone reception is always bad at our house. We do use cell phones away from home.

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just ducky — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:29:07 -0000

we have one cell phone per person in our household. we have cable modem for internet and we have a wireless router in the ceiling in the basement. (that's going to come in handy for the baseball draft!)

my husband was in an accident in the country in 2007 and he didn't know where he was, so when i called 911 (from my cell phone) they located him with his cell phone number.

we both have our cell phone numbers on the do not call list and we've never gotten a telemarketer or a call from anyone we weren't expecting except for a few wrong numbers here and there.

we'll never have a land line and i wish i could get rid of the silly phone jacks around our house.

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Hair today, gone.... — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:28:55 -0000

I'm all bundled up with phone, computer and Dish. What bugs me the most is how much I pay each month to watch television. Everyone in the house now has a cell but for some reason I still think I need a house phone.

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Jake from Elwood — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:06:07 -0000

We have both. My cell is a business phone and I don't want to carry a second phone. My wife's celly is her business line as well. Plus I don't want to equip my kids with their own cell phones. . .at least not yet.

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Little Egypt — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:56:33 -0000

Have both land line and cell phones. Use land line a fair amount. I just like the feel of the land line handset rather than the piddly cell phone. Plus, I don't want junk calls eating up my cell minutes. We have no other long distance service other than via cell phones so I'm willing to pay the freight of the land line. Plus I'm just too old to embrace all of the new technology. Wow, who would have thought it. You could use your land line hand set for your cell calls. See how far behind I am? But I don't text. Don't know how, don't want to learn. I prefer to use what unabridged English I havae left to prevent from dumbing down any further than I already have.

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shermans ghost — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:49:00 -0000

Have DSL-only via land line, no voice service.
Cost's less than $20.00 bucks a month.
Have no reason for anything other than a cell for voice. Can always use Skype if the cell quits.
As someone else said, you don't need to pay for voice on a DSL-only line. You just have to find a customer service person that realizes they can sell you a DSL only line w/o voice service being added in.

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Southern Illinois Voter — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:43:45 -0000

Yes, mainly for DSL & DirecTV...actually rarely use the landline.

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Ghost — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:37:40 -0000

Yes, the unlimited calling is cheaper then with a cell service for family phones (99 per phone!) and the convience of handest thorughout the house. When unlimited cell calling comes donw I will get the bluetooth dock that lets you use your household handsets and swtich over to all wireless.

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Leroy — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:28:49 -0000

I still have a rotary dial phone hanging on the wall in the basement.