Anyone have both? If so, why?
Cellphone and land line
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ItalianScallion
Harley Rider
Right now I still do because my Internet (DSL) comes through my landline. I have a FIOS connection point right in my front yard but Verizon won't give me a price worth switching to. I'd give up my landline (which I never use) if the price was right. I won't pay more for FIOS than I'm paying for a home phone & DSL...
Sula
WDF. So worth the wait.
Emergencies. 100% because I have little kids in the house. They know 911 well, but my cell isn't always close to them. They can always find a landline.
Vince
......
I get DSL through the phone line and keep the house phone for Jay to answer. :shrug:
Got to get me a new cell phone.
FastCarsSpeed
Come Play at BigWoodys
Both. Again with kids in the house plus I use it as a business line. Just switched to Verizon home phone connect and it is tied to my family plan for 9.99 a month and works great.
desertrat
0_0
I like to play with the dial. It's not hooked up though.
Got rid of land line a while ago. Don't miss it a bit.
bcp
In My Opinion
I keep the landline even though both my wife and daughter have cells.
Personally, I dont think I would miss not having the phone at all once away from work.
the reason is that my MIL likes to call every number under the sun until she gets the person she is looking for, I fear that limiting her choices by taking away that one number could push her over the edge and cause her to have to move in with us.
I guess you could say I consider it a personal safety device.
Personally, I dont think I would miss not having the phone at all once away from work.
the reason is that my MIL likes to call every number under the sun until she gets the person she is looking for, I fear that limiting her choices by taking away that one number could push her over the edge and cause her to have to move in with us.
I guess you could say I consider it a personal safety device.
GWguy
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:that:
And the fact that I've wanted to drop my landline for a while, but just procrastinating making the call.
kwillia
n/a
Both. I have an alarm system tied into the landline. I also like that 911 knows exactly where I am. This is not so when you call from a cell phone. I currently have the landline with AT&T but am scheduled to switch to the Metrocast bundle very soon.
Oh yeah... I also give the landline number out whenever I have to give a phone number for an account or some other tie in. That keeps my cell phone from getting on the spam call lists.
Oh yeah... I also give the landline number out whenever I have to give a phone number for an account or some other tie in. That keeps my cell phone from getting on the spam call lists.
Nickel
curiouser and curiouser
And our cell phones have out of state area codes, so it's nice to have a local number to give out when needed. Like aps we just have the basic service and it's about $15/month. No caller ID, etc and no long distance.
John Z
if you will
I have both. The cell coverage at our house is terrible (sometimes zero bars). Plus, and I realize this is lame, but I like being able for more than one person to talk on the phone ("picking up the extension") at the house without gathering around a cell phone on speaker-phone mode. Every time we talk to my father in law and his wife, they are talking together on a cell phone set to speaker-phone. The sound is somewhat poor, and you find yourself acting like you are on walkie-talkies. "I'm doing well ... over." "Good to hear ... over." 
