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Post by ptamom on Jul 8, 2014 2:39:46 GMT
My DH is adamant about keeping our landline. I hate paying the $50 each month!
We all have cell phones in this house, and at my insistence, our landline has caller ID.
I am for the most part, a SAHM. I have a little bit of work outside the home, but other than that, and errands, I am home during the day.
The phone rings hourly! And the caller ID says "Toll Free Caller" or some area code from across the country, or something else that lets me know I don't want to answer the call.
Most often, I let it go to the answering machine, and no message is left. If I see "toll free caller" I answer and immediately hang up.
DH works outside the home, but when he's home, does as I do, hangs up on obvious telemarketers, let's the rest go to answering machine.
I paid the phone bill this morning, wondering why oh why are we spending this money on something we don't use!
DH wants his landline! We just spoke about it, and he is determined to keep it.
I don't understand.
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Post by myshelly on Jul 8, 2014 2:43:14 GMT
Does DH give you any reasons he wants to keep it?
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Post by freecharlie on Jul 8, 2014 2:43:58 GMT
The only reason I would think about keeping a land line is the reverse 991, but most places have a way you can register your cell phone.
We haven't had a land line in 5 years and haven't missed it at all
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Post by ptamom on Jul 8, 2014 2:51:14 GMT
"Does DH give you any reasons he wants to keep it?" (Haven't figured out quoting yet)
He feels like it is the universal number where our family can be reached. "It rings upstairs and down, I don't have to carry my phone with me".
But that doesn't mean they can't leave messages. And we all have cell phones that we use for most of our contacts. The home phone is just a telemarketer haven, in my opinion.
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Post by ptamom on Jul 8, 2014 4:02:43 GMT
Am I doomed to spend $600 a year on something I hate?
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Post by nizza on Jul 8, 2014 4:11:19 GMT
My DH & I also insist on keeping our land line. In the case of an emergency the land line will work. On 911 we were able to use our phone and when Hurricane Sandy hit again we were able to use our phone. Our cell phones did not work during those horrible times and that is why we keep our land line.
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Post by Nink on Jul 8, 2014 4:19:00 GMT
We gave up our landline years ago and never missed it. When we switched internet service to Verizon, it was going to be $5 a month cheaper to do phone and internet as opposed to just internet so we have a landline again but NEVER use. No one even has the number so if it rings it's a telemarketer. Would he notice if you just did away with it?
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Post by Dani-Mani on Jul 8, 2014 4:27:38 GMT
I would never give up a landline if I had small kids. Otherwise, it doesn't matter to me.
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Post by stepht5 on Jul 8, 2014 5:11:16 GMT
Landline phones are the only dependable phones to use for calling 911. When 13dd and I took a tour of a 911 call center, this past Spring, we were told that information. So, we will always have a landline.
Stephanie in TX
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Post by azredhead on Jul 8, 2014 5:12:10 GMT
We have wanted to for sometime, but unfortunately it comes with the bundle package for phone/internet/cable. We get random toll numbers too. I vary rarely answer the house phone. Anyone who knows us calls our cells or text messages. I HATE answering the phone.
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Post by garcia5050 on Jul 8, 2014 5:42:09 GMT
"It rings upstairs and down, I don't have to carry my phone with me". I read long ago about a device that charges a cell phone, but also will make it so that other phones in this mini network act like a wireless land line. My husband's job requires a land line, so I can't pursue this. Otherwise my land line would have been long gone. I just read about it again right now. It sounds fantastic. It uses Bluetooth technology. I first heard about this before Bluetooth was around. Here is a yahoo article from August of 2012: Yahoo article
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Post by anniebygaslight on Jul 8, 2014 5:42:49 GMT
Blimey. It wouldn't occur to me to give up our land line. Maybe it is a UK thingy, but our internet package is tied up with the phone line rental.
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Post by joylynaroundthebnd on Jul 8, 2014 5:42:49 GMT
We have not had a landline in 10 years, but it is only DH and I. No kids.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2014 5:51:50 GMT
Since he seems determined to keep it (which I agree with for 9-1-1 purposes but that's neither here nor there, lol), can you find a cheaper plan? Are you on the Do Not Call list? That seems like a crazy amount of calls. I work from home and we have a landline. Ever since being on the Do Not Call list, we get maybe 1 unsolicited call per week. I get more annoying calls on my cell phone than our landline.
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Post by miominmio on Jul 8, 2014 6:00:35 GMT
I use our landline to call my cell when I have forgotten where I put it.
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Post by joylynaroundthebnd on Jul 8, 2014 6:06:28 GMT
Does he realize how much it costs? For my DH, I have to lay it out in monthly and yearly costs. I then have him explain to me why it is a good idea to keep it. (Sometimes I have to justify somethings to him.). Not in a mean way, just tell me what you think the benefits are, your reasons may not have occurred to me.
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Post by CeeScraps on Jul 8, 2014 8:27:55 GMT
My dh insists on keeping ours too. It's ok with me. I like having a phone in case the towers are down. I also like using it for forms. We don't answer when someone we don't know calls it. The phone number appears on our tv's.
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Post by gar on Jul 8, 2014 8:43:57 GMT
Our parents have cells but they're never charged/only for emergencies etc (in their minds) so they almost always use their landlines and since they're elderly and call quite a lot it's cheaper for them to call landline-to-landline. There's also the emergency calls issue so we'll be keeping ours and as Annie said, it's all part of our broadband package.
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Post by BarbaraUK on Jul 8, 2014 8:55:51 GMT
Blimey. It wouldn't occur to me to give up our land line. Maybe it is a UK thingy, but our internet package is tied up with the phone line rental. Wouldn't give up our landline because of this and the emergency calls issue.
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Post by Really Red on Jul 8, 2014 10:23:04 GMT
We use Ooma - paid around $90 for the machine and it costs us $3.50/mo. So we have our "landline." It was a good compromise for us.
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Post by Scrapbrat on Jul 8, 2014 10:31:21 GMT
I'm with your DH. We have a landline for emergency calling as well. Also DH is on a pay as you go cell plan so he calls his dad and certain other people on our home phone
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Post by AussieMeg on Jul 8, 2014 10:33:29 GMT
We had the same problem but it was ME who wanted to keep the land line and DSO who wanted to get rid of it.
Same here! I eventually agreed to cancel the land line when we decided to change ISP. It was going to cost more to have the internet without the land line (how does that work?), so the guy told me to just keep the land line but not use it. As it is, we get about $200 worth of calls for "free" in the package, so I can still use my beloved land line LOL!
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Post by grinningcat on Jul 8, 2014 11:08:46 GMT
Land lines are a waste of money. I just dropped mine and I love the money that I have recouped. Give him the financials on this stupid landline and maybe that will convince him. Or you can tell him that the cost is coming out of his "allowance". I'm kidding. Almost.
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Post by Fidget on Jul 8, 2014 11:12:46 GMT
I still have mine, but it's inexpensive. You need to call your internet / cable provider and switch to a voip type landline. Maybe your DH will compromise and this would save quite a bit of cash.
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Post by eebud on Jul 8, 2014 11:13:59 GMT
We use Ooma - paid around $90 for the machine and it costs us $3.50/mo. So we have our "landline." It was a good compromise for us. I also use Ooma. You need high speed internet and the equipment. The equipment can usually be purchased for $99. I think I have a code to get this price right now. If you want to port your number to the Ooma line, it is $40. From then on, you only pay the tax and federal fee. Mine is $3.82 per month. You can go to their website, enter your zip code and it will tell you what your monthly fee will be. However, 911 can be an issue. I know I had to make sure my address was on my profile online but I'm not positive if that is used or not for 911. If that is a concern, it should be looked into further.
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Post by gar on Jul 8, 2014 11:16:01 GMT
Land lines are a waste of money. I just dropped mine and I love the money that I have recouped. Give him the financials on this stupid landline and maybe that will convince him. Or you can tell him that the cost is coming out of his "allowance". I'm kidding. Almost. Do you not worry about emergency situations?
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Post by grinningcat on Jul 8, 2014 11:18:21 GMT
Land lines are a waste of money. I just dropped mine and I love the money that I have recouped. Give him the financials on this stupid landline and maybe that will convince him. Or you can tell him that the cost is coming out of his "allowance". I'm kidding. Almost. Do you not worry about emergency situations? Nope. I can't think of a situation where I'd need a landline over a mobile.
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Post by gar on Jul 8, 2014 11:21:59 GMT
Do you not worry about emergency situations? Nope. I can't think of a situation where I'd need a landline over a mobile. I must just be old then I feel like it's my 'real' phone and my mobile (cell) is an extra....I know, I know......
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Post by gypsymama on Jul 8, 2014 11:23:14 GMT
i have called 911 twice in my 42 years, both times were in the car, to report a wreck
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Post by grinningcat on Jul 8, 2014 11:24:27 GMT
I used to feel that way. Now I use my mobile almost exclusively. I don't really see the point of a phone that is tied to one location. There is nothing convenient about it. And it's super expensive. I'd rather put the extra money into my mobile and have everything at my fingertips than have to be in one particular place to use it.
I guess I'm all about convenience now. If there was a concrete reason why I need a landline, I'd go back, but I really don't see one right now.
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