s/o of Texts: Landline, Cell Phone, Both?

we have a landline still - I'm not sure why ... I think because it's tied in with the Internet

I do not have a mobile phone - I think that's going to change though with DS leaving for basic next month ... I would hate to miss a call from him

DH, DS, and ODD have mobile phones. DH takes his to bed at night because he plays some racing game on his way to sleep...I can hear it chiming all night as emails come in. DS and DD charge theirs overnight - no chiming

We have both. I like the landline in case of emergencies or when there might be no cell access. We do have a call screening device so we don't answer for telemarketers or automated calls because they don't get through. Because of that, I always answer when it does ring.

One reason for still having both is that I also don't like to always give out my cell phone number; I'm a teacher and can't always answer calls when I have students. Sometimes I'd rather get the answering system message for appointment reminders or things like that. Problem is that now I occasionally get an automated call on my cell phone.

My husband and I both use our cell phones as alarms. We charge them next to the bed. He has his on the Do Not Disturb feature; I don't. And yes, unfortunately, I've gotten the bad news or emergency calls during the night or early in the morning. And I've had to call 911 - easier from a landline than a cell phone. I like having both.

We had to get new portable phones for the house because our old ones weren't working well.  Something new since we got our old phones is call blocking! I can block all those telemarketers from calling! When I answer the phone and say hello a few times before the telemarketer even acknowledges me, I will just block their number. 

Just a cell phone, no landline.

I only have a cell, and it lives on my nightstand at night because it's also my alarm.

i get texts over night but am able to sleep through them most of the time. Phone calls are another thing though. Being on the west coast I'll get calls at 5:30-6am from time to time, predominately from folks on the east coast who forget the time difference. Because it happens fairly rarely it doesn't bother me.

We dumped our personal landline when we moved, but I still have one for work so we could send and receive faxes, but it's a VoIP line so it doesn't work all that great anyway. Most of the calls I have gotten on that line in the last three years are people from collections companies looking for either Elmer or Natalie, and sorry, but that's not me, LOL. 

We both have cell phones but our bedrooms are designated no-tech zones other than an old iPod that we use to play DD's bedtime music. The phones and tablets are left to charge downstairs overnight and DH has his phone set to automatically turn off at night. Some of his customers have no boundaries and call at all hours of the day and night. We have an old school clock radio alarm in our bedroom that is on its last leg and when it dies we'll get another one.

Our house is in the middle of a cell phone dead zone so we had to get a signal booster. It works pretty well for us most of the time, but guests in our home are pretty much out of luck if they don't use the same carrier we do. If the power goes out though, no one is getting or making any calls here.

Just found this online:

"The US government has some excellent reminders (link is external) of what systems are most vulnerable during a crisis, whether due to a loss of electrical power or simply the increased volume of messages that will be sent. Among their suggestions is this retro nugget: keep a dedicated landline phone in your house, in addition to the more convenient and modern wireless versions as well as your cellular phone. If your area is hit with a power outage that lasts beyond the battery or charging ability for your wireless or cell phones, you’ll be glad to have this old-fashioned yet quite capable phone system. Wired, landline phones actually receive their minimal amount of electrical power directly through the physical phone line. So even when you’re sitting in the dark, using candles and flashlights, you may be surprised to find your plain old rotary or touch tone Princess phone still allows you to make and receive calls. And what a lifeline that could potentially be. Note: some emergency systems require a touch tone pulse so the caller can select “1” or “2” for different issues or languages. In those situations, a touch tone phone might be the best choice.

During the 1994 Northridge quake in Southern California, this was our exact experience. Up and down our ravaged street, one neighbor after another emerged from their quake-tossed homes to check on each other and bemoan the lack of communication with loved ones due to the loss of power. (Remember, this was a time before widespread cellular phone use.) When my husband and I mentioned our landline phone was working, several of them stopped by with their address books in hand to make comforting calls to concerned family in far off locations. For a brief period of nearly 24 hours, until power was fully restored, we were a mini command center on our block."

We don't get cell service at our current house without our cable internet to boost it. So if the cable and/or power goes out, we have no cell service. Therefore we've had to get a landline again, after several years living in Texas with just cell service. It's about $50/mo, but worth the added security and accessibility.

I have my cellphone set to not ring or beep for texts between 11-7; however, it is also set so that certain peoples' calls can always get through. That is for my kids and husband.

I had a landline for quite a while, mostly for faxing. But I used it so seldom that I decided to get rid of it. The one thing I really dislike about cell phones, though, is that if it rings when I'm on the third floor and the phone is on the first floor, I can't answer it unless I run down all the stairs like a crazy woman, and then it has usually stopped ringing anyway.  The old days with a phone line that had extensions all over the house was much easier for that.

We only have cells. When Ds is driving and out at night, I may get a prepaid or dumb phone and pay the $10 for the added line to keep it on at night

I have a landline for safety and would never not have one, especially with small children in the house.

What would you do if there was a fire in your house and you could not get downstairs?? Or there was a serious emergency where someone needed to get ahold of you? 

we have cells and a landline, but landline seems to becoming more and more a burden than an asset. at the present time, we have the ringers turned off, so that if someone needs us they leave a message, we got tired of the phone ringing constantly during primary season, as I know it will with the general election. The only family that calls it is dh's sister.

dh says he wants to have the landline, and while I balk at the expense every month, we can afford it at the present time, so I will keep him happy.

At night, we both have our phones either on vibrate or silent. If we know that someone may need to reach us during the night, I will leave my ringer on, but mostly it is off.