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Is a landline necessary anymore?

I only need a cell phone

43% (16)

I need a cell phone and a land line.

45% (17)

All I need is a land line.

10% (4)

Total Votes : 37

(last vote on : 10/8/2012 6:48:23 PM)
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LanceHughes -> RE: Is a landline necessary anymore? (12/11/2011 9:26:27 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: JstAnotherSub I am stuck in the 70's I guess. All I have is a landline. I had a cell for about a year, and it just irritated the hell out of me. If I am not home, I am doing something that I do not want to be interrupted during. QFT. BUT! An accident driving across country finally made me go to local 7-11 type store and buy a cell phone. Guess what?!?!? You can't get it turned on for 24 hours AFTER you submit your "I'm not a terrorist info." (Remeber terriorists buying like 30 or 40 phones at Mall of America and fading into distance....) Fortunately, I had a lap-top with me, and was able to do the form on-line from a friendly McDonald's - seems they ALL have wi-fi nowadays. Still took 24 hours to get a signal.... Emergency? Buy a phone ahead of your emergency.... HUH? Hate, hate, hate texting - but at 5 cents a message, well, okay. I'd MUCH rather pay for voice - I forget what my charge is. As above, when I'm NOT home, I don't want to be contacted. On the other hand, meeting people is certainly made easier. Just the other day, I was parked in back of restaurant, the guy I was to meet was in front. I'm glad we didn't start walking around building in same direction. LOL! OTOH, how did our parents "find" each other? Land-line for me - FAX and DSL. Cell phone has this neat game on it...... LOL! And, when I'm selling spices for a friend, I can get info for customers immediately, so that's nice..... "Where does your cinnamon come from?" Madagascar. OTOH, I love it when I'm speaking on land line and other party gets dropped. "Copper to copper," I say. LOL!

Termyn8or -> RE: Is a landline necessary anymore? (12/11/2011 10:31:48 PM)
FR The only problem with dropping the landline is how do you get DSL ? I simply will not pay for cable, and then there is the real wireless at about fifty bucks a month but I got second tier DSL and the LL with call waiting and ID and unlisted for fifty five. No long distance, I use the cell for that. If this real wireless is good enough I can get by on the free shit I can get or steal on the net for TV, use a Magicjack for the phone and drop the landline, except that it won't work in a power outage.* A Magicjack will also fax from what I understand and if they're still thirty bucks for a whole year, I can live with that. But cable ? I've been watching downloads and whatever on the net for so long it's like I don't even want there to be such a thing as a TV guide. I want shit when I want it. So right now I think copper is the way to go, as long as that DSL carrier is nice and strong, why pay for more shit I do not want ? * ETA I just realized it will on the laptop. T^T

xxblushesxx -> RE: Is a landline necessary anymore? (12/12/2011 5:47:45 AM)
Lance, I bought my dd a cell phone on Saturday and had it turned on and working within an hour of purchasing it. (it's a pay as you go phone from Walmart.)

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