It's just my husband and myself, but still have a landline for a number of reasons:
• I refuse to have a cell phone
• House alarm is tied to the landline
• Internet is through the landline
• during emergencies that took out the electricity (Hurricane Ike) our landline worked just fine
My husband has a basic cellphone (we call it his dumbphone) and we'd love to get rid of that too, but there are occasions where having a cell has come in handy and we use it for any and all long distance. We have a basic plan with his cell, and pay the minimum for landline service and it's much cheaper than having two cell phones.
Interesting topic, but the methodology seems a bit lacking. There are plenty of safe areas that aren't cities, certainly. Northwest New Jersey is well placed for being away from natural disasters. No tornadoes, earthquakes, tsunamis, forest fires, locusts or landslides. And minimal risk from hurricanes and floods in the western part of the state.
Of course we have our share of nuclear power. I'd suggest and such survey should consider that.
Yes, I have a landline. I work at home and cell phone reception isn't good in my large condo. Odd. Today Verizon is palming off its long distance charge (includes calls to Mexico and Canada) to another firm and will reduce my monthly charge by $10. Said they were doing this to compete with cell phones.
Yes, we still have a landline. We live in the country and landline still allows us to have dial-up internet which is the cheapest way to have internet for us. I'd love cable access to internet which would then maybe allow cell phone. We have a tracfone for times when power outage makes our cordless phone not operable. A regular cell phone does not always work well here because out house sits in a low spot. Oh how I'd love to be in the 21st century!!!
Sadly, we do. We live very rural and there are too many places, namely in our home, that cell phones still don't work well. It's getting better so there is hope that in the next few years we can cut the cord.
We have a trak phone and use our telephone company for our internet service. We had our land line disconnected but can still receive incoming calls on it as well as dial 911 if necessary. Since we made few calls anyway, this has turned out to be a perfect solution for us.
In the past we couldn't get any or reliable cell service in our home. But even now that we can get cell service near and in our home, we have retained our landline for several reasons...
- Cell phone reception and talk quality still just isn't as good as landline phones.
- We have a limit on talk time on our cell plan, and the cost to add unlimited would equal or exceed the cost of our landline (and since landline talk quality is better...)
- Don't want all the calls going to my landline to be coming to my cell phone -- in the middle of my commute I don't want to be getting those robocalls or a political call or a nonprofit foundation wanting to do an item pick-up. No thanks - I want to keep my cell phone for the calls I care about.
I think it's a generational thing, though. I don't think my 18-year-old son will probably ever have anything but a cell phone in his life.
The previous poster about St Paul is not correct. The picture is of the Landmark Center in St Paul, right next to the Rice Park and the Xcel Energy Center. I pass by there at least twice a week. (Although in that person's defense, Landmark Center does look a lot like the Minneapolis City Hall - or vice versa.)
St Paul is a great place to live. It is small enough to be livable, and just big enough to have plenty of amenities. And I believe we have great emergency response systems at the state and local level, as well as some of the highest volunteer rates in the country. Those should not be overlooked when looking at safe cities.
I still have a landline (or VOIP). First reason is that a 911 call is easier to deal with on a land line instead of a cell phone. My son is young and has had a couple of febrile seizures, for with we had to call 911. The second reason is that the cell phone reception in our house is bad.
I don't have a land line anymore. I only use my cell phone. But my roommate has a land line (I think we had to get it because of our alarm system) and she uses it in our apartment when her cell gets bad reception.
Landline only. Here's one reason why: been in business on main street in a small town for 25+ years. I HAVE NEVER SEEN A CELL PHONE WORK! Not once. My addicted customers go crazy when they realize this (usually 5 steps from the door) and rush outdoors to try to get a signal. When their phone won't work outside either, they often come back to harangue me, in anguish, about what could be wrong??? Those are the polite but slightly crazy people. The belligerent people berate me; the entitled people grab my business landline without asking. Oh, and the nice people? We offer them the phone!! (Then, they're the ones that become abusive when asked to wind up their chit chat so an actual customer can make a purchase using a credit card.) People are so self involved - they don't understand that it's NOT ME personally who is depriving them of their fix. If it was up to me, your phone would be working so your tantrum wouldn't cause everyone else to run around in circles trying their own phones/services/connections - instead of enjoying my shop.
Oh, and the earliest adopter I know? Thank God a neck cancer survivor.
My Mom runs a home daycare and most of our car, lawyer and medical services are done on a an under the table barter system of free daycare in exchange for services as needed.
Yes, the primary reason is a teen girl who lives on the phone in the summer during the day. It's cheaper to have a land line than pay for unlimited voice or risk going over. Also, while everybody in the house has mobile phones, the reception is not great and while a femtocell could fix it there is no need since we get by on land line. Lastly, it's nice to be able to all get on other phones and talk at once to family. Note - while there are bluetooth phones that could accomplish this, landlines also allow you to have your phone ring in each room without having to take phone with you.
It's just my husband and myself, but still have a landline for a number of reasons:
• I refuse to have a cell phone
• House alarm is tied to the landline
• Internet is through the landline
• during emergencies that took out the electricity (Hurricane Ike) our landline worked just fine
My husband has a basic cellphone (we call it his dumbphone) and we'd love to get rid of that too, but there are occasions where having a cell has come in handy and we use it for any and all long distance. We have a basic plan with his cell, and pay the minimum for landline service and it's much cheaper than having two cell phones.
I haven't had a landline for years. Another good question would be if anyone has cut the cable\satellite and how they did it.
Interesting topic, but the methodology seems a bit lacking. There are plenty of safe areas that aren't cities, certainly. Northwest New Jersey is well placed for being away from natural disasters. No tornadoes, earthquakes, tsunamis, forest fires, locusts or landslides. And minimal risk from hurricanes and floods in the western part of the state.
Of course we have our share of nuclear power. I'd suggest and such survey should consider that.
Yep, still have a landline. It is bundled with the cable and internet. Makes sense in an area where cell phone service is not always reliable.
Yes, I have a landline. I work at home and cell phone reception isn't good in my large condo. Odd. Today Verizon is palming off its long distance charge (includes calls to Mexico and Canada) to another firm and will reduce my monthly charge by $10. Said they were doing this to compete with cell phones.
Yes, we still have a landline. We live in the country and landline still allows us to have dial-up internet which is the cheapest way to have internet for us. I'd love cable access to internet which would then maybe allow cell phone. We have a tracfone for times when power outage makes our cordless phone not operable. A regular cell phone does not always work well here because out house sits in a low spot. Oh how I'd love to be in the 21st century!!!
Try eating out 3 times a year and you'll save even more!!
Sadly, we do. We live very rural and there are too many places, namely in our home, that cell phones still don't work well. It's getting better so there is hope that in the next few years we can cut the cord.
I gave up my landline when I left working in politics about 4 years ago. The only reason I had a landline then was to monitor robo-calls and such.
We have a trak phone and use our telephone company for our internet service. We had our land line disconnected but can still receive incoming calls on it as well as dial 911 if necessary. Since we made few calls anyway, this has turned out to be a perfect solution for us.
In the past we couldn't get any or reliable cell service in our home. But even now that we can get cell service near and in our home, we have retained our landline for several reasons...
- Cell phone reception and talk quality still just isn't as good as landline phones.
- We have a limit on talk time on our cell plan, and the cost to add unlimited would equal or exceed the cost of our landline (and since landline talk quality is better...)
- Don't want all the calls going to my landline to be coming to my cell phone -- in the middle of my commute I don't want to be getting those robocalls or a political call or a nonprofit foundation wanting to do an item pick-up. No thanks - I want to keep my cell phone for the calls I care about.
I think it's a generational thing, though. I don't think my 18-year-old son will probably ever have anything but a cell phone in his life.
I still have a landline, only use a tracphone cell when I travel - I use the landline plan to get internet access for $20 a month
The previous poster about St Paul is not correct. The picture is of the Landmark Center in St Paul, right next to the Rice Park and the Xcel Energy Center. I pass by there at least twice a week. (Although in that person's defense, Landmark Center does look a lot like the Minneapolis City Hall - or vice versa.)
St Paul is a great place to live. It is small enough to be livable, and just big enough to have plenty of amenities. And I believe we have great emergency response systems at the state and local level, as well as some of the highest volunteer rates in the country. Those should not be overlooked when looking at safe cities.
We've never had a landline.
Yes, but we only use it for the fax machine.
I still have a landline (or VOIP). First reason is that a 911 call is easier to deal with on a land line instead of a cell phone. My son is young and has had a couple of febrile seizures, for with we had to call 911. The second reason is that the cell phone reception in our house is bad.
Yes, I always keep a landline so that I never have to loose minutes searching for a cell phone if I ever have to call 911.
I don't have a land line anymore. I only use my cell phone. But my roommate has a land line (I think we had to get it because of our alarm system) and she uses it in our apartment when her cell gets bad reception.
I do not have a landline - I have two cell phones with me at all times so I have no need for it!
No I no longer have a landline. I have two cell phones now so I have no need for one!
Nope. I've never had a landline since I've had my own place (about 6 years) and I'm 26.
Landline only. Here's one reason why: been in business on main street in a small town for 25+ years. I HAVE NEVER SEEN A CELL PHONE WORK! Not once. My addicted customers go crazy when they realize this (usually 5 steps from the door) and rush outdoors to try to get a signal. When their phone won't work outside either, they often come back to harangue me, in anguish, about what could be wrong??? Those are the polite but slightly crazy people. The belligerent people berate me; the entitled people grab my business landline without asking. Oh, and the nice people? We offer them the phone!! (Then, they're the ones that become abusive when asked to wind up their chit chat so an actual customer can make a purchase using a credit card.) People are so self involved - they don't understand that it's NOT ME personally who is depriving them of their fix. If it was up to me, your phone would be working so your tantrum wouldn't cause everyone else to run around in circles trying their own phones/services/connections - instead of enjoying my shop.
Oh, and the earliest adopter I know? Thank God a neck cancer survivor.
My Mom runs a home daycare and most of our car, lawyer and medical services are done on a an under the table barter system of free daycare in exchange for services as needed.
Yes, the primary reason is a teen girl who lives on the phone in the summer during the day. It's cheaper to have a land line than pay for unlimited voice or risk going over. Also, while everybody in the house has mobile phones, the reception is not great and while a femtocell could fix it there is no need since we get by on land line. Lastly, it's nice to be able to all get on other phones and talk at once to family. Note - while there are bluetooth phones that could accomplish this, landlines also allow you to have your phone ring in each room without having to take phone with you.
We eliminated our land line 2 months ago and are using our existing cell phones. We save $50.00 per month and we hardly notice life without it.