My cell phone automatically goes to “silent” from 9 pm to 7 am. The only exceptions are family, in case something happens with my parents (who are in their 70s).
I have to because my dsl company requires phone service through them to get internet. Seeing as how they’re the only internet provider aside from dial up or satellite in this area, I’m stuck with it. No one ever actually uses it though.
Old school twisted pair copper line into the house – because it still works when the power is out, which around here is a valid consideration – plus one personal and one office mobile. In normal circumstances the landline serves mostly as DSL carrier and for a fax device that is used like every other month, most of my actual voicecalls are using my mobile(s).
Yes and no. I don’t have my land line hooked up, so it’s not currently usable, but I still pay the monthly fee, in order to keep my phone number, so I could hook it if I wanted to. My phone number has the original exchange for my area, and if I give it up, I can never get it back. And the newer exchanges just don’t have the same cachet as the original. Kind of a quirky thing to do, I’ll be the first to admit, but so be it!
I clicked “weird system involving the internet,” but it’s not a well thought out poll. I have VOIP through my cable company, and a mobile (smart)phone. I also have Google voice, but that’s just tied to my mobile. Everything forwards to my mobile, and I don’t answer the home phone at all anymore.
We didn’t ditch our landline in an effort to stop telemarketer calls; it was the fact that every single “wanted” call we got came to our cell phones, so we found ourselves paying for a landline only for the privilege of receiving sales calls in which we had no interest.
I got rid of mine in 2013 but kind of feel the need to get it back because cell phones are not for phone conversations. Only texting, social media and banking apps to check your account balance. If I do get it back it will only be $9.00 or $10.00 a month since I will only have a 1 way line with no caller id or call waiting.
When I became an adult in 2000 I had a land line in my apartment at college for about a semester when I realized that my mobile phone was cheaper than the land line.
My landline was switched to VOIP a couple years ago. It was part of the UVerse broadband package.
I really wanted to keep my landline and DSL. I was badgered several times a week with calls from AT&T. I held out nearly a year before caving in to sales pressure. I’m pretty sure they were going to cut off DSL in my neighborhood anyway.
We have DSL, so we have a landline. It’s also useful for when power goes out, like it did after the big storm.
No landline here; just a cellphone.
Occasionally I have thoughts of getting a landline—like when call quality is particularly bad, or the power goes out, or I need to send a fax. But then I forget all about it when the problem goes away.
We have a landline and a cell because we are in an area with spotty cell service. My husband talks to his son in another state almost every day so that’s our main reason for having it.
I’ve been strictly cell for 18 years. My son and daughter are also cellphone only, no landlines. My gf maintains landline service for the convenience of a house/pet sitter we occasionally use. Once every 12-24 months she pulls an old phone out of a closet and plugs it in.
we’ve kept the landline because of the need to have a reliable phone in case of major snow storms/blizzards cutting the power. Our internet goes down if the power goes down, and our cell phones of course need to be charged eventually.
It’s one of those things that may not ever be needed, but it’s important to have if it is.
I have a hand-cranked flashlight/radio/usb charger device. During a power failure we can keep our devices charged by cranking (and it’s fun for a day or two).
I have a landline, but only because our internet/cable package was cheaper if we also added phone. We never use it- hell, I don’t even know what the number is. We just use our cell phones.
Yep, I voted landline and cellphone, but there’s a caveat. The landline has had a wiring short for about 4 years now. I know exactly where it is and could fix it fairly quickly, but can’t see a need to do so. The landline lowers my internet bill via the power of bundling. Nowhere does it say I have to use it!
Phone only. No need of a landline, though giving it up did cause a moment’s hesitation. I guess that’s a generational thing.
Cell only, but now that we have internet service restored at home after more than a year off, I’ve also got access to a voip connection as well.
Have a backup landline but its honestly most used to call our cells when we cant find them. Also for faxing or when we need a backup line.